一切經音義 23.75

23.75

Bows, arrows, swords, and halberds (弧矢劒戟: 弧 is read 戶 + 孤 fanqie. 矢 is read 式 + 耳 fanqie. 戟 is read 居 + 迸 fanqie. The Shuowen says: '弧 is a wooden bow.' The Kaogongji says: '弧 is like gu (孤); it means going out far and returning curved.' The Yijing says: 'Sharpening wood is called a shi (矢); that is, an arrow.' The halberd (戟) has three branches, each with two edges; or inside it there are small characters, called a "male halberd"; or it is written as jishi (戟矢), and the character is also written as 𠂕).