一切經音義 15.155

15.155

Claws and teeth (爪齒; upper [character] *zhuāng* + *jiǎo* fanqie. The *Yunquan* states: "Nails of the hands and feet." The *Shuowen jiezi* states: "*Jǐ* 丮; *jǐ* is pronounced *jū* + *nì* fanqie." It also says: "A hand placed downwards is called *zhǎo*; a pictographic character." In the sūtra, adding the hand radical to write 抓 is a mistaken usage, as that is the level-tone character meaning to scratch an itch; it is also written as 祄, which is incorrect. Lower [character] pronounced *zhǐ*. The *Shuowen jiezi* states: "The gums and teeth of the mouth; picturing the shape of mouth teeth, with *zhǐ* 止 as phonetic").