一切經音義 70.348

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鹹鹵（胡緘反力古反說文鹵謂西方鹹地也确薄之地也天生曰鹵人生曰鹽鹽在東方鹵在西方釋名云地不生曰鹵字故從西省下象鹽形也）。

鹹鹵 (xián in fanqie: 胡 + 緘; lǔ in fanqie: 力 + 古. The Shuowen says: “Lǔ refers to the saline soil of the west; stony, barren land. What is produced by nature is called lǔ; what is produced by humans is called salt (yán). Salt is in the east, and lǔ is in the west.” The Shiming says: “Barren ground where nothing grows is called lǔ.” The character is therefore abbreviated from xī [west], depicting salt crystals below).