一切經音義 36.187

36.187

上𦠍 (pronounced *[ǎng] + g[è]* fanqie. The Kaosheng writes it with the flesh radical as 𦠍. The sūtra text writes it with the tooth radical as [齒*(遻-(這-言))], which is a popular character. The Shuowen gives 谷, pronounced *qi[áng] + g[è]* fanqie, meaning the palate in the upper part of the mouth, picturing its patterning. In ancient texts this character did not originally exist; earlier worthies wrote it according to vernacular speech, either with the flesh radical or with the tooth radical, neither of which is orthodox. By conventional usage, it is pronounced *w[ǔ] + g[è]* fanqie; anciently it was pronounced so).