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續一切經音義 5.132

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5.132

Ploughshares and battle-axes [鑱鉞] (The first character has the fanqie phonetic spelling 士 + 銜; the Qieyun says it means sharp; the Fangyan says people of Wu call the ploughshare iron chan. The second character has the fanqie phonetic spelling 員 + 厥; the Qieyun says an axe or battle-axe; the Classic of Documents says: "The king held a yellow battle-axe in his left hand"; the Zilin says a yue is a jade battle-axe; the Shuowen says it is composed of metal [金] with 戉 as the phonetic; 戉 is pronounced the same as above, and the character 戉 is composed of [戉-戈] and 戈, where [戉-戈] is pronounced 厥 and 戈 is pronounced 過).

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