一切經音義 98.85

98.85

砥操（上脂雉反亦作底前已釋訖集作𰦧俗字下草竈反顧野王云持志貞固曰操也說文從手喿聲喿音先到反）。

Steadfast integrity: 砥 [di] (upper character: 脂 + 雉 fanqie; also written as 底, already explained before; the collection writing it as 𰦧 is a vulgar character); 操 [cao] (lower character: 草 + 竈 fanqie. Gu Yewang says: "Holding one's purpose firm and constant is called cao." The Shuowen jiezi analyzes it: from radical 手 'hand', with 喿 phonetic; 喿 is pronounced 先 + 到 fanqie).