一切經音義 34.136

34.136

Shaving the beard [鬀須]: the first [character is pronounced with the fanqie] ti-di (梯帝反). Xu [Shen's] commentary on the Huainanzi states: 'Tì (鬀) means to cut hair.' The Shuowen [jiezi] says it is formed from [the semantic component] biāo (髟; pronounced biao) and [the phonetic component] dì (弟). The Kaosheng says: 'Cutting hair with the knife radical is written as 剃, which is a vulgar character.' The second is [pronounced with the fanqie] xiang-yu (相逾反). Zheng [Xuan's] commentary on the Zhouli states: 'Xū (須) means facial hair.' Also: 'Hair below the jaw.' The Shuowen [jiezi] also states: 'Facial hair.' It is formed from [the semantic components] shān (彡) and yè (頁), being a pictograph.