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# 一切經音義 97.167

English (machine translation) 97.167

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### [97.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.97.167) — 慧琳, Classical Chinese

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