一切經音義 93.114

93.114

頿髯（上子斯反左傳云靈王生而有頿說文云口上須也從須此聲傳文從髟作髭亦同下染占反髯即頰須也從須冉聲莊生云美須𩓿𩓿即頰毛也傳文作髯亦通時用字也冉音同上也）。

Moustache and beard (頿髯: the upper character has the fanqie zi-si [zi]. The Zuo zhuan says: 'King Ling was born with a moustache.' The Shuowen says: 'Hair above the mouth; it is derived from "hair" [須] and phonetic ci [此].' The text of the commentary writes it with the "long hair" radical [髟] as 髭, which is also the same. The lower character has the fanqie ran-zhan [ran]. A beard [髯] is hair on the cheeks; it is derived from "hair" [須] and phonetic ran [冉]. Master Zhuang says: 'Fine whiskers and beard [𩓿𩓿].' 𩓿𩓿 means hair on the cheeks. In commentary texts it is written as 髯, which is also acceptable and is the character used nowadays. The pronunciation of 冉 is the same as the above fanqie).