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續一切經音義 5.88

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5.88

Crow's wing (鵶翅) (the first character is wu + jia fan [yā]; Qieyun: "A distinct name for a crow." Guangya says: "Pure black ones that feed their parents in return are called wu; smaller ones that do not feed their parents in return are ya." Formed with the niao [bird] signific and ya phonetic. The second character is shi + zhi fan [chì]; Yupian: "Wing feathers." Also written 翄; ancient script writes 翨. Shuowen: "Wing quill." Formed with the yu [feather] signific and zhi phonetic).

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