一切經音義 41.7

41.7

Love and hate (愛惡: the first character is pronounced [哀 + 代] à-i [ài]; it is a variant vulgar graph. Jia Kui's commentary on the Guoyu says: "愛 (ai) means to cherish." The Gujin zhengzi says: "To hold dear and care for." The Shuowen derives it from 旡 and 心, written 㤅; today it is widely written 愛. 旡 is pronounced 既 [jì]. The second character is pronounced [烏 + 固] w-ù [wù]. Gu Yewang says: "惡 (wu) means to detest; it is a phonetic loan character." The Shuowen derives it from 心 with 亞 as phonetic. The vulgar form deriving from 西 is an error).