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續一切經音義 1.90

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Chapped and split (皴劈: the first character has the fanqie 匕遵 [cūn]. The Pi Cang says: "Rough skin (𭽫皵)." 皵 has the fanqie 匕略 [què]. The Kaosheng says: "Cracked from cold." The Shuowen says that it is formed from 皮 (skin) with 夋 as the phonetic component; it is a phono-semantic character. 夋 has the fanqie 匕旬 [qūn]. The second character, 劈, has the fanqie 匹亦 [pī]. The Guangya says: "To split (劈) means to tear." The Shuowen says: "To split (劈) means to break apart." It is formed from 刀 (knife) with 辟 as the phonetic component. The ancient script writes it as 𤖼, formed from 片 and 𠂢, depicting separation and scattering).

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