一切經音義 18.200

18.200

哽噎（上更杏反集訓云哽亦噎也說文語塞為舌所介礙也從口更聲或從骨作骾食骨嗌喉中蓋取氣憤喉中如骨嗌耳下煙結反毛詩云中心如噎傳曰噎憂不能息也說文飯窒也從口壹聲經文有從因作咽非也）。

Choking and sobbing (哽噎: the first [character] is geng-xing fan; the Jixun says: "哽 also means to choke [噎]." The Shuowen jiezi says: "Speech blocked, obstructed by the tongue; derived from radical 'mouth' [口] with 更 as phonetic." Sometimes written with radical 'bone' [骨] as 骾, referring to a fishbone stuck in the throat, which compares the breath caught in indignation in the throat to a bone stuck in it. The second [character] is yan-jie fan; the Classic of Poetry says: "My inner heart is choked as if sobbing." The commentary says: "噎 means being so distressed that one cannot breathe." The Shuowen jiezi says: "Choking on food; derived from radical 'mouth' [口] with 壹 as phonetic." In the sūtra text, some write it with 因 as 咽, which is incorrect).