一切經音義 38.25

38.25

饑饉（上音機下音近廣雅穀不熟曰饑今或為飢字郭注爾雅云凡草菜可食者通名為蔬毛詩傳曰蔬不熟為饉穀梁云三穀不升曰饉二字並皆形聲字也）。

Famine (饑饉: the upper character is pronounced 機; the lower character is pronounced 近. The Guangya states: ‘When the grain does not ripen, it is called jī; nowadays it is sometimes written 飢.’ Guo's commentary to the Erya states: ‘All wild herbs and vegetables that can be eaten are generically called shū [greens].’ Mao’s commentary to the Shijing states: ‘When greens do not ripen, it is called jǐn.’ The Guliang zhuan states: ‘When the three grains do not grow, it is called jǐn.’ Both characters are phono-semantic.)