一切經音義 31.185

31.185

Boats and oars (舟楫: the second character has the sound ji- [尖] + -iè [葉] fanqie. Kong's commentary on the Book of Documents says: 'Like crossing great waters, relying on boats and oars.' The Mao Commentary on the Classic of Poetry says: 'An oar is that with which a boat is rowed.' The Classic of Changes says: 'Whittling wood to make oars.' The Shuowen says: 'Formed from the tree radical (木) with qì (咠) as phonetic; 咠 has the sound q- [七] + -ì [入] fanqie. Rowing (櫂) has the sound zh- [直] + -iào [効] fanqie. The preface writes it with jí (戢) as 檝, which is also commonly interchangeable).