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續一切經音義 2.71

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2.71

臍輪 (The first character is pronounced with the fanqie *q-*, [qi], from 情 and 奚. The character books say: 'That which is in the exact center of the belly is called the navel (臍).' The *Shuowen* states: 'The navel cavity; it takes 肉 [flesh] as semantic and 齊 as phonetic.' It is also written as 齊, which is acceptable; sūtra texts simply write 齊, borrowing the ancient character. The second character is pronounced with the fanqie *l-*, [lun], from 力 and 迍. The *Zhouli* states: 'The squareness of the carriage frame models the Earth; the canopy models Heaven; the roundness of the wheel models the sun and moon.' A wheel has thirty spokes. It takes 車 [cart] as semantic and 侖 as phonetic.)

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