Yuan's Interpretation of Chinese Characters

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Backwater also. From water, pictographic. Left and right, shore also. Elephants are like water. ? , deep or save water.

Yao, ancient prose is out of water. Wu Xuanjian [note]? , Gu.

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Swirling water. From water, hieroglyphics. The left and right pictures show the waterfront, and the middle part looks like water.

Yao is a very meaningful word in ancient Chinese, and both Yao and Shuidu understand it.

Notes on Duan Yucai's Exegetics in Qing Dynasty

Backwater also. Yan Hui has a deep saying. From the water. Hieroglyphics. Pictograms are explained as follows. About? . Shoya Middle predicate? . Like water. Black hanging scissors. The twelfth department