一切經音義 17.54

17.54

稱稱（上齒證反下齒蒸反上字去聲下字平聲廣雅云稱度也說文銓也從禾爯聲經作秤俗字也）。

To weigh and evaluate (稱稱; the first character is [pronounced with the] fanqie chǐ + [zh]èng. The second character is [pronounced with the] fanqie chǐ + [zh]ēng. The first character is in the falling tone, and the second character is in the level tone. The Guangya says: “Chēng means to measure.” The Shuowen says: “It means to balance. It takes hé ‘grain’ as semantic classifier and chēng as phonetic.” The scripture writes it as 秤, which is a vulgar character).