續一切經音義 2.18

English (machine translation) 2.18

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2.18

Profuse / fluttering (繽紛) (The first [character] has the fanqie pǐ + bīn [bīn]. The second has the fanqie fāng + fēn [fēn]. The Kaosheng states: 'Bīnfēn means chaotic.' The Documents says: 'Bīnfēn is the appearance of great numbers.' The Jixun states: 'Bīnfēn is the appearance of abundance.' Both derive from silk (糸) with bīn (賓) and fēn (分) as phonetics. 糸 has the sound mì. The character bīn is properly written as 繽).

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