一切經音義 38.183

38.183

薏苡（上音意下音以顧野王云薏苡即草珠也本草云藥名也薏苡實食而益氣也古今正字竝從草意以皆聲正作𦺳也）。

薏苡 (The upper character has the sound yì; the lower character has the sound yǐ. Gu Yewang says: "Yìyǐ is Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)." The Bencao says: "The name of a medicine; eating the fruit of yìyǐ benefits the qi." The Gujin zhengzi: "Both are composed of 草 with 意 and 以 as phonetics; the standard form is written 𦺳").