一切經音義 17.404

17.404

蕃息（父袁反蕃謂滋多也息塞滿也今中國謂蕃息為嬔息音匹万反同時一嬔亦作此字也）。

Multiply and proliferate (蕃息; pronounced with the fanqie fu + yuan. Fan means to multiply and increase; xi means to fill to capacity. Nowadays in the Central Plains multiplying and proliferating is called fan-xi [嬔息], pronounced with the fanqie pi + wan; a single litter of offspring [yi fan] is also written with this character).