一切經音義 23.95

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Stairs, steps, railings, and balustrades (階隥欄楯: 隥 is read 多 + 鄧 fanqie. 楯 is read 食 + 尹 fanqie. 隥 means a flight of steps. Wang Yi's commentary on the Chuci says: 'The vertical ones are called lan (欄); the horizontal ones are called shun (楯); the vertical bars between the rails are called ling (櫺).' The character 隥 is also written as 嶝).