續一切經音義 8.109

English (machine translation) 8.109

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8.109

Fēnxī (analysis / dividing and splitting) (the first character has the fanqie fǔ + wén. The Qieyun says: "To sever, to apportion, to give." The Kaosheng says: "Fēn means ubiquitous." The Shuowen jiezi says: "To separate; formed with 'eight' and 'knife', depicting the shape of severing." The second character has the fanqie xiān + qī. The Erya says: "Between Xīmù [Splitting Tree constellation] is the Han River ford." The Shuowen jiezi says: "To split wood; formed with an axe, for an axe can cleave wood; an ideogrammic compound").

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