一切經音義 27.608

27.608

Entangled (繚戾): For the upper [character], the fanqie is 力小 [liǎo]. The Shuowen gives the fanqie 力鳥 [liǎo]. 繚 means 'to coil'; 繚 means 'to entangle'; that is to say, coiled and entangled. In the Qieyun, apart from the four characters 了 [clear], 蓼 [smartweed], 瞭 [bright-eyed], and 𩯘 [long-haired], there are no other characters pronounced with the sound 了 [liǎo]. The character 繚 has two pronunciations: the fanqie 力小 [liǎo] and the fanqie 力召 [liào]. One means 'to wind around', and the other means 'to broil/sear'. 繚炙 [liàozhì] is sometimes written as 繚戾, where [戾] has the fanqie 魯帝 [lì].