一切經音義 37.85

37.85

枝柯: The first character has the pronunciation of 支. The Classic of Poetry only writes it as 之: 'its branches (枝) and leaves are luxuriant.' The Shuowen [jiezi] says: "A lateral offshoot of a plant. Composed of the wood radical (木) and 支 phonetic." The Shuowen [jiezi] states that 支 is composed of half a bamboo with 又. The second character has the pronunciation of 哥. The Guangya says: "柯 means stem." Gu Yewang says: "柯 also means bough (枝柯). It is a phono-semantic character." The Cangjie pian writes it with 加 and 心 as 恕, with the same pronunciation as above.