續一切經音義 8.53

English (machine translation) 8.53

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8.53

Threshold of a gate (門閫: the first character is [pronounced] 莫毘 [mén]; the Erya says: "The main gate is called the yingmen." Gu Yewang says: "In halls and rooms it is called a door (戶); in inner and outer city walls it is called a gate (門)." The Shuowen says: "It is composed of two doors (戶) to form 門." The second character is [pronounced] 苦本 [kǔn]; the Shuowen says: "A door threshold. It is composed of 門 with 困 phonetic").

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