一切經音義 12.33

12.33

剖判 (pǔ-hòu [fanqie: 普后反]; Kong Anguo's commentary on the Shangshu says 剖 means to split open; Du's commentary on the Zuo zhuan says dividing down the middle is called 剖; Shuowen jiezi says to judge/divide, having 刀 as radical and 咅 [sound tā-kǒu] as phonetic. The second character is pǔ-bàn [fanqie: 普半反]; the Mao commentary on the Shijing says 判 means to divide; Zheng's commentary on the Zhouli says 判 means to halve; Shuowen jiezi says it has 刀 as radical and 半 as phonetic).