一切經音義 14.189

14.189

㓷耳（宜冀反孔注尚書云㓷割也鄭注周禮云截其鼻或作劓亦同從刀臬聲臬音魚列反據文勢合用刵字音而至反）。

Cutting off the ear (yier 㓷耳: [yi is pronounced with the] fanqie yi-ji 宜冀. Kong [Anguo's] commentary on the Shangshu says: “Yi 㓷 means to cut.” Zheng [Xuan's] commentary on the Zhouli says: “Cutting off their nose.” It is also written as 劓, with the same meaning. Composed of 'knife' (dao 刀) with nie 臬 as phonetic; nie 臬 is pronounced with the fanqie yu-lie 魚列. According to the context of the sentence, it should properly use the character er 刵, pronounced with the fanqie er-zhi 而至).