一切經音義 83.369

83.369

函杖（上合甘反毛詩箋云函容也禮記席間函杖是也說文象形古體函從弓弓音頷亦聲）。

函杖 (The first character is pronounced [hé] + [gān] fanqie. The Mao commentary says: '函 means to contain.' The Liji mentions: 'Between the mats [a space that] contains a staff' is this. The Shuowen says: 'A pictograph; the ancient form of 函 is composed of 弓, with 弓 (pronounced [hàn]) also as phonetic.')