續一切經音義 3.49

English (machine translation) 3.49

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3.49

Prison (囹圄: the first character has the fanqie 歷丁 [li + ding / líng]; the second character has the fanqie 魚舉 [yu + ju / yǔ]. Names for a prison. In the Zhouli, prisons first appeared under the Three Kings. The Shiming says: "'囹' means to receive and record; '圄' means to ward off; that is, to register prisoners and hold them in custody." The Shuowen says: "'囹' means prison; '圄' means to guard." These are characters with the form on the outside and the phonetic component on the inside.)

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