一切經音義 88.262

88.262

探[頤-頁+(朿/貝)]（他含反說文探甞試取其意也從手罙聲罙音深下仕責反劉獻注周易賾幽深之極稱也說文從𦣞責聲集文作賾俗字也）。

Probing abstruse depths (探[頤-頁+(朿/貝)]): [The first character is pronounced] *ta* + *han* fan. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'To explore (探) means to try and grasp its intention. It is formed with [the semantic classifier] hand (手) and the phonetic component *shen* (罙).' The character 罙 is pronounced *shen*. The second character is pronounced *shi* + *ze* fan. Liu Xian's commentary on the Book of Changes says: 'The abstruse (賾) is the ultimate term for profound depth.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It is formed with [the semantic component] 𦣞 and the phonetic component *ze* (責).' The Jiwen writes it as 賾, which is a vulgar character.