一切經音義 1.12

1.12

覆載（上敷務反見韻英秦音也諸字書音為敷救反吳楚之音也賈逵注國語云覆葢也蔭也說文從襾復聲也西音呀賈反從冂冂音覓上下覆之會意字也下哉愛反孔安國注尚書云載成也禮記曰天無私覆地無私載說文載乘也從車[水/戈]音哉從戈才聲也經作載隸書略也才古文才字非水）。

Covering and carrying (覆載: The upper character has the fanqie sound fu-wu [fù]; it appears in the Yunying and is the Qin pronunciation. The various character books pronounce it with the fanqie fu-jiu [fù], which is the pronunciation of Wu and Chu. Jia Kui's commentary on the Guoyu states: 'Fu means to cover; to shade.' The Shuowen states: 'It derives from cover (襾) with the sound fu.' The Western pronunciation is ya-jia [yà], deriving from 冂 (pronounced mi), representing covering above and below; it is an associative compound. The lower character has the fanqie zai-ai [zài]. Kong Anguo's commentary on the Classic of Documents states: 'Zai means to complete.' The Book of Rites says: 'Heaven has no private covering; Earth has no private carrying.' The Shuowen states: 'Zai means to ride; it derives from cart (車) with the sound [水/戈] (pronounced zāi), which derives from dagger-axe (戈) with the sound cai.' The scriptural text writes 載, which is an abbreviation of clerical script. 才 is the ancient character for cai, not water).