一切經音義 12.6

12.6

劈裂 (the first character is pǐ-bì [fanqie: 匹壁反]; Guangya says 劈 means to tear apart; Picang says to cleave, pǔ-kǒu [fanqie: 普口反]; Shuowen jiezi says to break, having 刀 as radical and 辟 as phonetic. The second character is lì-zhé [fanqie: 力哲反]; Guangya says 裂 means to divide; Shuowen jiezi says 裂 means leftover silk remnants; according to this, leftover silk remnants means tearing and cutting dyed silk; it has 衣 as radical and 列 as phonetic, or written with 手 as 挒, which is an ancient character).