一切經音義 31.302

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芭蕉（上伯麻反下勦遙反王注楚辭云芭蕉香草名也字指云生交趾葉如席煑可紡績為布汁可漚麻古今正字二字並從艸從巴從焦聲也）。

Plantain (芭蕉: the upper character [芭] has the fanqie phonetic [ba] (伯麻反); the lower character [蕉] has the fanqie phonetic [jiao] (勦遙反). Wang Yi's commentary to the Chuci states: "芭蕉 is the name of a fragrant plant." The Zizhi states: "It grows in Jiaozhi; its leaves are like woven mats. Boiled, it can be spun into cloth, and its juice can be used to steep hemp." In the Gujin zhengzi, both characters are derived from the grass radical (艸), with [ba] (巴) and [jiao] (焦) acting as phonetics).