一切經音義 29.184

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餌藥（而志反去聲字也蒼頡篇云餌食也顧野王云凡所食皆曰餌古今正字餅也說文從[弼-百+(幅-巾)]作[耳/(弼-百+(幅-巾))]粉餅也從[弼-百+(幅-巾)]耳聲古字也今從食作餌鄭玄注周禮云合蒸曰餅字書云糕也說文從食耳聲也）。

Swallow medicine (餌藥: *ér* - *zhì* fanqie [*èr*]; it is a falling tone character. The *Cang Jie pian* says: "*Èr* means to eat." Gu Yewang says: "Whatever is eaten is called *èr*." The *Gu-jin zhengzi* says: "Cakes." The *Shuowen jiezi* states that it takes the radical [弼-百+(幅-巾)] as [耳/(弼-百+(幅-巾))], meaning flour cakes; taking [弼-百+(幅-巾)] with 耳 *ěr* phonetic is an ancient character. Today it takes the radical 食 'food' as 餌. Zheng Xuan's commentary on the *Zhouli* says: "Steamed together, it is called a cake." Lexicons say: "Steamed cake." The *Shuowen jiezi* states that it takes the radical 食 with 耳 *ěr* phonetic).