一切經音義 25.211

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俾倪（上普米反下五禮反玉篇又作隦堄埤蒼廣雅並云城小牆又釋名云於牆孔中伺候非常之事今詳此字有其二種一者伺候二者垣墻垣墻不合從人伺候豈宜從土若是垣墻應為埤堄若取伺候應作俾倪兩文二義不失諸宗故也）。

俾倪 ("battlements / peering": the upper character is the fanqie pǔ + mǐ; the lower character is the fanqie wǔ + lǐ. In the Yupian it is also written 隦堄. Both the Picang and the Guangya state: "A small parapet on a city wall." Furthermore, the Shiming says: "To spy out unusual matters through openings in a wall." Examining this character now, it has two meanings: first, spying out; second, a parapet wall. A parapet wall should not have the human radical, while spying out should hardly have the earth radical. If it refers to a parapet wall, it should be 埤堄; if one takes the sense of spying out, it should be written 俾倪. With two forms and two senses, none of the traditions is lost).