一切經音義 87.222

87.222

𢧵馘（上前節反說文云𢧵斷也從戈雀聲下觥獲反毛詩傳云馘獲也不𦨕者殺而獻其耳曰馘鄭注禮記云生獲斷耳者也說文軍戰斷耳也從首或聲正從耳作聝）。

Severing ears (𢧵馘) (the first character is pronounced qian-jie fan; the Shuowen says: "Jie [𢧵] means to cut off; it follows the halberd radical [戈] with que [雀] phonetic." The second character is pronounced gong-huo fan; the Mao Commentary on the Shijing says: "Guo means capture; of those who do not surrender, one kills them and presents their ears, which is called guo." Zheng [Xuan]'s commentary on the Liji says: "It means taking captives alive and cutting off ears." The Shuowen says: "Cutting off ears in battle; it follows the head radical [首] with huo [或] phonetic; correctly written with the ear radical [耳] as 聝").