一切經音義 32.165

32.165

騃癡 ('stupid and foolish'; the upper character is pronounced 崖 [yá] + 駭 [hài] fanqie. The Cangjie pian says: '騃 [dǎi] means ignorant/without knowledge.' Gu Yewang says: '癡 [chī] also means 騃 [dǎi].' The Han shu says: 'Inwardly stupid and ignorant of governance,' which is this. The Shuowen has it composed of 馬 ['horse'] with 矣 as phonetic. The lower character is pronounced 恥 [chǐ] + 持 [chí] fanqie. The Picang says: '癡 [chī] also means 騃 [dǎi].' The Shuowen says: '癡 [chī] means lacking intelligence.' It is composed of 疒 ['disease'] with 疑 as phonetic. The Kaosheng notes that it is sometimes written with 心 ['mind'] as 𢣕).