一切經音義 61.46

61.46

鹹鹵（上音咸下音魯孔注尚書云潤下作鹹尒雅云鹹苦也北方之味也從鹵咸聲說文鹵亦鹹也苦也西方謂之鹹地從古西字省點象鹽形也）。

Salty and alkaline (鹹鹵): The first character has the pronunciation of 咸; the second character has the pronunciation of 魯. Kong [Anguo]'s commentary on the Shangshu says that what moistens downward becomes salty. The Erya says that salty is bitter, the taste of the north; it is formed with the alkaline radical (鹵) and 咸 as the phonetic element. The Shuowen jiezi says that 鹵 is also salty and bitter; in the western regions it is called salty soil; it is formed with an abbreviated dot of the ancient character 西, resembling the shape of salt grains.