續一切經音義 4.87

English (machine translation) 4.87

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4.87

To cleanse defilements (digou 滌垢: the first character has the fanqie [reading] tu + li [di]. The Qieyun says: "To purify." The Yupian says: "To remove." The Kaosheng says: "To wash clean." The Shuowen [jiezi] says it takes 'water' [as semantic component] and tiao as phonetic. The second character has the fanqie [reading] gu + hou [gou]. The Yunying says: "Dust." The Kaosheng says: "Defiled." The Shuowen [jiezi] says: "垢 means dirt (jia)." It takes 'earth' [as semantic component] and hou as phonetic. 圿 is pronounced jian + ba [fan] [jia]).

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