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一切經音義 92.190

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92.190

鉦[(屮/豆)*(色-巴+又)] (bell and drum: the first character is a fanqie of 隻 and 盈 [zhēng]; the Maoshi commentary states: 'A bell (鉦) is used to bring stillness.' Zheng Xuan's commentary to the Kaogongji states: 'The body of a bell is called a 鉦.' The Shuowen states: 'A 鉦 is a bell-chime (náo);' it has semantic 金 and phonetic 正. The second character is a fanqie of 姑 and 午 [gǔ]; Wang Yi's commentary to the Chuci states: '[豈*(色-巴+又)] is used to sound it.' The Shuowen states: '鼓 (drum) has semantic 豈 and phonetic 𰆰; 𰆰 is the orthodox form of 攴, derived from half a bamboo; 豈 is pronounced as a fanqie of 竹 and 句).

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