一切經音義 78.112

78.112

[(夕*(ㄗ@、))/貝]一斗米（上矛候反集訓以物博物也說文云易財也從夗從貝形聲字也）。

Bartering a bushel of rice ([(夕*(ㄗ@、))/貝]一斗米: the first is [pronounced] *mao* + *hou* [mào]. The Jixun says it means exchanging goods for goods. The Shuowen says it means exchanging wealth. It is a phono-semantic character taking *yuan* [夗] and the 'cowry/currency' radical [貝]).