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續一切經音義 5.13

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5.13

緬尋: The upper [character is read with the] fanqie mian + dian. Jia's Commentary to the Guoyu states: 'Mian (緬) means to think of.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'A fine thread; formed from the silk radical (糸) with mian (面) providing the phonetic sound.' The lower [character is read with the] fanqie xu + lin. The character dictionaries state: 'Regular; constant.' The Kaosheng states: 'To search for; to pursue; the character is formed from ⺕ (pronounced shou, 'hand'), mouth (口), gong (工), and cun (寸); it is an ideographic compound.'

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