一切經音義 18.236

18.236

陷斷（上咸監反廣雅陷隤也顧野王云墜入也王注楚辞云陷沒也說文[阿-可+(函-?+?)]墮也從阜臽聲臽字上從人下從臼象形下團乱反孔注尚書云斷絕也周易斷木為杵說文斷截也從斤𢇍聲古文絕字也今隸書取便穩廻作㡭也）。

陷斷 [Collapsing and broken off]: The first character is read with the fanqie 咸 [x-] + 監 [-iàn] (xiàn). The Guangya says: '陷 means to collapse.' Gu Yewang says: 'To plunge into.' Wang's Commentary on the Songs of Chu says: '陷 means to sink.' The Shuowen says: '[阿-可+(函-?+?)] means to fall; formed from 阜 (mound) with 臽 acting as phonetic; 臽 is formed from 人 (person) above and 臼 (mortar) below, being pictographic.' The second character is read with the fanqie 團 [tu-] + 乱 [-àn] (duàn). Kong's Commentary on the Book of Documents says: '斷 means severed.' The Book of Changes says: 'Cleaving wood to make pestles.' The Shuowen says: '斷 means to cut off; formed from 斤 (axe) with 𢇍 acting as phonetic; 𢇍 is the ancient character for 絕 (sever).' Today's clerical script, for convenience and balance, alters it to 㡭.