一切經音義 44.164

44.164

稽首 (the upper character has the fanqie 溪 + 禮. Zheng's commentary to the *Zhouli* says: '稽首 means the head reaching the ground.' The *Shuowen jiezi* says it is formed from 旨 with 𮂱 abbreviated as phonetic; 𮂱 is pronounced 兮; it is formed from 禾, which is pronounced 鷄; writing it from 禾 is incorrect. In ancient script it was written 𩠜, formed from 旨 and the ancient character for 'head').