一切經音義 12.177

12.177

興澍 (arise and pour down): The upper [character] is *xīng* (香鷹反 [hɨŋ]), Zheng's commentary on the *Classic of Poetry* says: "To flourish." Zheng's commentary on the *Kaogongji* says: "To stir into motion." The *Shuowen* says: "To arise; it takes [臼/一/八] (*yú*) and 同; 同 denotes exertion in common. The character [臼/一/八] takes 臼 (*jū*) and 廾 (*gǒng*)." 澍 is pronounced *shù*, and also pronounced *zhù*. The *Kaosheng* says: "Timely rain falling in torrents is called 澍; it takes the water radical, the inch radical, and 壴 (*zhù*, 知句反 [ʈɨuᴴ]) with an omitted phonetic element."