一切經音義 61.36

61.36

鹻鹽（上緘斬反俗字也說文正體從僉作鹼埤蒼云鹻猶鹵也文字典說云鹼鹹也從鹵僉聲下琰占反俗字也說文從臣作鹽正體字也顧野王云煑海水為鹽古者宿沙初作鹽煑海水作之其形鹽飴鹽本從地而生井鹽水中目結也其河中安邑鹽亦人力運為作鹽畦曰暴而成亦其次上也其海鹽最下）。

Alkali salt (鹻鹽): The first character has the fanqie 緘 (j-) plus 斬 (-an), which is a popular variant. The standard form in the Shuowen jiezi is written with 僉 as 鹼. The Picang states that 鹻 is like bitter alkaline soil (鹵). The Wenzidian shuo states that 鹼 means salty; it is formed with the alkaline radical (鹵) and 僉 as the phonetic element. The second character has the fanqie 琰 (y-) plus 占 (-am), which is a popular variant. In the Shuowen jiezi it is written with the minister radical (臣) as 鹽, which is the standard character. Gu Yewang states that boiling sea water yields salt; in ancient times, Susha first made salt by boiling sea water. Crystalline rock salt and soft salt originally grow naturally from the earth; well salt is crystallized in water. The salt of Anyi in Hedong is also produced by human labor, made in salt pans and dried in the sun to completion, which is the next best grade; sea salt is the lowest grade.