一切經音義 98.52

English (machine translation) 98.52

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98.52

Dissecting and analyzing: 剖 [pou] (upper character: 普 + 口 fanqie. Kong [Anguo's] commentary on the Shangshu says: "'Pou' means to cleave." Du [Yu's] commentary on the Zuozhuan says: "Dividing in the middle is called pou." The Cangjiepian says: "'Pou' also means to analyze." The Shuowen jiezi says: "To divide. Analyzed: from radical 刀 'knife', with 咅 phonetic"; 咅 is pronounced 土 + 口 fanqie); 析 [xi] (lower character: 星 + 績 fanqie. Kong's commentary on the Shangshu says: "'Xi' means to divide." The Shenglei says: "To split." The Shuowen jiezi says: "To split wood. Analyzed: from radical 木 'wood', with 斤 phonetic." It is also written as 析).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese