一切經音義 11.104

11.104

Coarse and fierce: the upper character has the fanqie *cang* + *hu*. It is an abbreviated character that has long been transmitted and used. The standard graph in the *Shuowen* is written as 麤, composed of three deer (鹿). The character dictionary states: 'An object that is not refined.' The *Guangya* states: '麤 (*cu*) means large.' Zheng Xuan's commentary on the *Liji* states: '麤 means coarse and sparse.' The lower character has the fanqie *hao* + *meng* or *wu* + *meng*. The *Jixun* states: 'A dog that is ferocious and vicious, which cannot be approached.' Some sūtra texts write it with the stone radical as 礦, which is an error; that refers to copper, iron, and stone ores, not the original character.