一切經音義 17.113

17.113

Shoulder blades (肩髆: [髆 is pronounced] 補 + 莫 [bó]. Zheng's commentary on the Yili says: '髆 and 骼 (sound 格 [gé]) are thigh bones; they also refer to the upper-arm bones.' The Shuowen says: 'The space between the shoulder blades; it derives from 骨 [bone] with an abbreviated 專 as phonetic').