一切經音義 97.167

English (machine translation) 97.167

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97.167

Weigh and evaluate 銓衡 (the upper character has the sound 詮 [quán]). Guo's commentary to the Erya says: 'Standards and regulations are used to weigh and measure lightness and heaviness.' The Guangya says: '銓 means an instrument; a steelyard balance is called a quan.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Also a balance.' It takes 金 ('metal') as semantic and 全 as phonetic.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese