一切經音義 18.100

18.100

珊瑚（上桑安反下音胡寶名也出外國生大海中赤色鎣徹形如鹿角有枝距大者高尺餘小者高數寸名曰珊瑚樹或裁以為珠也）。

Coral (珊瑚: the first character has the fanqie s[āng] + [’]ān; the second character has the sound of hu (胡); the name of a jewel. It comes from foreign lands and grows in the great ocean. It is red and lustrously transparent, shaped like deer antlers with branches and forks. The larger ones are more than a foot tall, and the smaller ones are several inches tall. It is called the coral tree; it is also cut into beads).