一切經音義 35.71

35.71

齗腭（上牛斤反文字典說云齒根也說文齒肉也從齒斤聲也下腭字玉篇說文等諸字書並無此字俗用音我各反近代諸家切韻隨俗或有並從肉腭聲亦是俗字也已行於世夂矣案腭者口中上腭也說文云口上阿也從口作谷音強略反象形口上畫重八象其上腭文理也亦會意字）。

Gums and palate (The first character is niú + jīn fanqie. The Wenzidian says: 'The root of the teeth.' The Shuowen says: 'The flesh of the teeth.' It takes 'tooth' with jīn as phonetic. As for the character è [palate], neither the Yupian, Shuowen, nor any other character book contains this character. In vulgar usage it is pronounced wǒ + gè fanqie. Modern rime books, following vulgar usage, sometimes write it with 'flesh' with è as phonetic, which is also a vulgar character, though it has been used in the world for a long time. Upon examination, è is the upper palate inside the mouth. The Shuowen states: 'The upper bend of the mouth.' It takes 'mouth' and gǔ, pronounced qiáng + lüè fanqie; it is a pictograph depicting overlapping figures of eight on the roof of the mouth, depicting the patterns of the upper palate; it is also an ideogram).