一切經音義 41.172

41.172

鐵臼（上天結反說文黑金也從金𢧜聲也𢧜音田戾反經文多從截俗字也下求有反說文云古者掘地為臼其從穿木石作之中點象米下盡象臼有底經作臼非也臼音弓六反象二手也）。

鐵臼 "Iron mortar" (The first character is pronounced tian-jie [tie]. The Shuowen jiezi says: "Black metal; formed from 金 'metal' with 𢧜 as phonetic." 𢧜 is pronounced tian-li. In scripture texts it often follows 截, a vulgar character. The second character is pronounced qiu-you [jiu]. The Shuowen jiezi says: "In ancient times, digging the ground served as a mortar. Later it was made by hollowing out wood and stone; the dot in the middle depicts rice, and the bottom completely depicts the mortar having a base." In the scripture it is written 臼, which is incorrect; 臼 is pronounced gong-liu, picturing two hands).