一切經音義 12.182

12.182

燈燎 (lamps and torches): 燎 has two fanqie readings: *liáo* (遼鳥反 [leǔ]) and *liào* (遼銚反 [leuᴴ]; 銚 is pronounced *yào*, 亭曜反 [jeuᴴ]). The *Kaosheng* says: "To burn lightly." The character dictionaries say: "A courtyard torch is called 燎." The *Shuowen* says: "To set fire to; it takes the fire radical with 尞 (*liào*, 力召反 [leuᴴ]) as its phonetic. The orthodox form of the character 尞 takes fire and 昚, written as 𤊽; 昚 is the ancient character for 慎 (careful/reverent). Burning firewood to sacrifice to Heaven was the pinnacle of reverence and caution, which is why it takes 昚 and 火."