一切經音義 43.72

43.72

Curse and imprecate (呪: upper syllable *tś-*, *tśyəu* + *kieu* fanqie; properly written as 詶, which is nowadays taken as the character for replying and responding, pronounced *ś-*, *źyəu* + *jiəu* fanqie; popular usage cannot be altered. 詛: lower syllable *tṣ-*, *tṣək* + *tṣio* fanqie. Zheng's commentary on the Rites of Zhou says: 'Imprecation (*zu*) means invoking curses on someone to bring about their ruin; wishing to mutually inflict evil.' The Kaosheng says: '詛 means to curse and revile.' The Shuowen says: 'Takes the speech radical and *qie* phonetic; also written as 詛, or as [詛/木], and also as 譃.' In the sūtra text written as 咀, which is incorrect; 且 is pronounced *ts-*, *tsiək* + *jü* fanqie).