一切經音義 4.16

4.16

Appearance and visage (狀貌: the first character, 狀, is formed from dog [犬] with 爿 phonetic. The Yunying says: “狀 means shape and appearance.” The Shuowen says it is formed from dog [犬] with 爿 phonetic. The second character, mao [茅] + bao [豹] fan. The Shangshu's Five Affairs says: “The first is called appearance (貌).” Kong's commentary says: “Comportment.” The Guangya says: “Visible.” The Shuowen says: “Formed from 貌, depicting a human face, with human [人] below; a pictographic character.” The Zhou script writes it from beast [豸] as 貌, an ancient character; it is also written as 貌, formed from head [頁] with an abbreviated 豹. Zhou has the sound zhou [宙]; 豸 has the sound zhi [雉]).