一切經音義 76.418

76.418

䶩齧（上䶩字諸字書並無此字譯經人隨意作之相傳音在諸反非也正合作𪘨音陟皆反謂沒齒齩也廣雅云𪘨齧也古人釋云斷筋骨也又有音䶩為截亦非也下研結反前法花音義云噬齩也少噬為齧沒齒為𪘨於義為正古今正字齧亦噬也從齒㓞聲也經從口作嚙非也㓞音口八反）。

Bite and gnaw 䶩齧 (for the upper character 䶩, none of the dictionaries have this character; the sūtra translators wrote it at their own convenience. It has traditionally been pronounced with the fanqie zai-zhu [t͡sǐɛ], which is incorrect; it should properly be written as 𪘨, with the fanqie zhi-jie [ʈɣɛi], meaning biting so as to sink the teeth into it. The Guangya says: “𪘨 means to gnaw.” The ancients explained it as: “severing sinews and bones.” There is also the pronunciation of 䶩 as jie [cut], which is likewise incorrect. The lower character has the fanqie yan-jie [ŋiɛt]; the earlier Sound and Meaning of the Lotus Sūtra says: “It means biting. Light biting is 齧; sinking the teeth in is 𪘨, which is the correct meaning.” The Gujin zhengzi says: “齧 also means to bite; it is derived from radical 齒 [teeth] with 㓞 [qì] as phonetic.” The sūtra writes it under the radical 口 as 嚙, which is incorrect; 㓞 has the fanqie kou-ba [kʰɣat]).