一切經音義 7.86

7.86

缺減（上犬悅反。聲類從垂作𡙇。說文云[午/止]瓦器也小口罌說文𡙇字正從缶作鈌。郭璞注爾雅云[午/止]盆也。蒼頡篇云缺虧也。顧野王曰缺猶玷也。說文器破也從[午/止]從决省聲也下減字有兩音並是上聲從水從咸點畫一種音訓所用意義即別本音耕斬反。考聲云損之令少曰減。說文減損也今不取又音咸黯反字典曰自耗欠下曰減集訓亦云減耗也。字書云欠少也。今取此後音咸黯反。於文穩便也）。

Deficient and reduced (缺減; first character quan + yue fanqie. The Shenglei writes it with chui as 𡙇. The Shuowen says: "A broken earthenware vessel; a narrow-mouthed jar." The Shuowen's standard form of 𡙇 takes the jar radical (缶) as 鈌. Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: "An earthenware basin." The Cangjiepian says: "Que (缺) means deficient." Gu Yewang says: "Que is like a blemish." The Shuowen says: "A broken vessel." It takes the vessel radical with jue (决) abbreviated phonetic. The second character, jian, has two sounds, both in the rising tone; it takes the water radical (水) with xian (咸). Though the strokes are one and the same, the meanings applied in the sound and gloss differ: the original sound is geng + zhan fanqie. The Kaosheng says: "To diminish something so it becomes less is called jian." The Shuowen says: "Jian means to reduce." This is not adopted here. The other sound is xian + an fanqie. The Zidian says: "Spontaneous wear and diminishment is called jian." The Jixun also says: "Jian means depletion." A character book says: "Short and scarce." We now adopt this latter reading, xian + an fanqie, which suits the context smoothly.).