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一切經音義 99.116

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99.116

固鍇 (Solid iron: the first is pronounced *gù*; in the collected text it is written as 周, which is an error; the second is *kǎi* [fanqie: 界諧], meaning *kǎi* is hard. The *Shuowen jiezi* states: "In Jiujiang, iron is called *kǎi*." It is classified under 'metal' (金) with 皆 also serving as phonetic).

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