一切經音義 19.24

19.24

稗莠 (The upper character has the fanqie b- + m- [bài]. Du's commentary on the Zuozhuan states: 'A weed resembling rice, yet not rice.' The lower character is pronounced yǒu. Mao's commentary on the Classic of Poetry states: '莠 [weeds] resembles grain, yet is not grain; only when the ear comes forth can one tell them apart.' The Shuowen jiezi notes it is a phono-semantic character).