一切經音義 3.163

3.163

遲鈍（長尼反毛詩傳云遲緩也長遠也𦒱聲云久也息也說文徐徐也從辵犀聲也辵音丑略反犀音西從尾從牛經文從尸從羊俗字也籀文從辛作遲或作𨒈古字也下豚頓反蒼頡篇鈍頑也韻英云兵刃不利也說文從屯聲也屯音徒論反也）。

Sluggish and dull (遲 pronounced 長 + 尼 fanqie. The Commentary on the Mao Shi says: “'Chi' (遲) means slow; it means protracted.” The Kaosheng says: “It means long-lasting; it means halting.” The Shuowen says: “Moving slowly. It derives from the movement radical [辵] with '犀' as phonetic.” 辵 is pronounced 丑 + 略 fanqie. 犀 is pronounced 西; it derives from '尾' (tail) and '牛' (ox). In the sūtra text it is written with '尸' and '羊', which is a popular character. In the Zhou script it is written with '辛' as '遲', or written as '𨒈', which is an ancient character. The lower character [鈍] is pronounced 豚 + 頓 fanqie. The Cang Jie pian says: “'Dun' (鈍) means stubborn and blunt.” The Yunying says: “A blade not sharp.” The Shuowen says: “Derives from [the radical for metal with] '屯' as phonetic.” 屯 is pronounced 徒 + 論 fanqie.)