一切經音義 66.95

66.95

麴糱（上穹鞠反尚書云若作酒醴尒唯麴糵也左氏傳云有麥麴乎方言云宋魏陳楚之間謂麴為[曹-日]也文字典說云從麥匊聲[曹-日]音曲也匊音弓六反下言列反考聲云糵者粟麥牙生也說文云牙米也從米𦵮聲）。

Ferment and malt (麴糱; the upper character [麴] is fanqie 穹鞠. The Shangshu says: 'If you would make wine or sweet spirits, you must have ferment and malt (麴糱).' The Zuo zhuan says: 'Is there wheat yeast (麴)?' The Fangyan says: 'Between Song, Wei, Chen, and Chu, 麴 is called [曹-日].' The Wenzidian shuo says it is composed with 'wheat' (麥) as semantic and 匊 as phonetic. The sound of [曹-日] is 曲; the sound of 匊 is fanqie 弓六. The lower character [糱] is fanqie 言列. The Kaosheng says: '糱 is the sprouting of grain or wheat.' The Shuowen says: 'Sprouted grain.' It is composed with 'rice' (米) as semantic and 𦵮 as phonetic).