一切經音義 20.61

20.61

雷雹 ("thunder and hail"; [the latter] fanqie: 龐 + 角. The Baihu tong says: "Bao (雹) is derived from he (合, to combine); the essence of yin qi solidifies and combines to become hail." Zheng's Commentary to the Liji says: "Yang creates rain, while yin rises to flank and congeal it into hail." The Shuowen says: "Hail is frozen rain; it takes 雨 as semantic and 包 as phonetic").