一切經音義 31.153

31.153

Molding clay (挻埴: the first character has the sound sh- [設] + -ān [氈] fanqie. Xu [Shen]'s commentary on Huainanzi says: '挻 means to press down.' The Guiyuan zhucun says: 'To press down clay to make vessels is called 挻.' Ru Chun's commentary on the Book of Han says: '挻 means to strike.' Song Zhong's commentary on the Taixuanjing says: '挻 means to blend.' The Wenzidian says: 'The Shuowen has it formed with the hand radical (手) and yán (延) as phonetic; writing it with the earth radical as 埏 is not the standard character form.' The second character has the sound sh- [時] + -ì [力] fanqie. Xu Shen's commentary on Huainanzi says: '埴 means clay.' Kong's commentary on the Book of Documents says: 'Sticky clay is called 埴.' The Shiming says: '埴 means greasy clay, smooth like fat.' The Shuowen says: 'Formed with the earth radical (土) and zhí (直) as phonetic').