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續一切經音義 8.177

English (machine translation) 8.177

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8.177

Weighing and selling (稱賣: the first character is also written as 枰, pronounced with the fanqie [initial and final of] 處 and 陵; the Shuowen says it means to appraise, and also to raise up; it is also pronounced with the fanqie [initial and final of] 昌 and 孕, meaning to know the lightness or heaviness; it takes the 'grain' radical and the phonetic 'chēng'; 'chēng' has the same sound as above. The second character is [pronounced with the] fanqie [initial and final of] 莫 and 懈; the Qieyun says it means peddling; the Kaosheng says selling goods; it takes the 'scholar' radical and the phonetic 'mǎi').

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