一切經音義 27.281

27.281

樝掣 (*zha che* [seize and drag]: for the first, *Zilin* gives *ce* + *jia* fanqie; *Shiming* says: "樝 means to fork [*cha*], meaning all five fingers go together to grab like a fork"; *Yupian*: "to grasp with five fingers, to strike, to embrace"; *Qieyun*: 樝 is like a sour pear; it should be written 𭽷, meaning to press down with fingers; some write it 柤 or 皻, which are two variants of the same character; some write it 𲎥 or 䶥; *Shuowen jiezi* says: teeth being irregular, which is not the meaning here; or written as 撦, pronounced *che* + *zhe* fanqie, meaning to tear and break; the second is *chong* + *shi* fanqie; *Zilin*: "to drag"; character dictionaries: "to pull"; *Shiming*: "掣 means to control [*zhi*], suddenly making it yield to oneself"; *Yupian*: "to pull and release it"; some write it 摩, which is the same; also *chi* + *zhe* fanqie, to drag; *yan* + *jie* fanqie; meaning to fork with five fingers and drag it, or to press with fingers and pull it, or again to tear and pull, stretching and releasing it).