一切經音義 47.171

47.171

Pitfall and chasm (坑[阿-可+(凵@(子-一+(二*二)))]: the first character is fanqie 客 + 庚. Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: "A pitfall is a moat, pond, hillock, or ruin." The Cangjie pian says: "A ravine; also to fall into." It is sometimes written as 阬. The Gujin zhengzi says it takes 'earth' [土] as signific and 'kang' [亢] as phonetic. The second character is fanqie 咸 + 監. Gu Yewang says: "Xian [𨺂] means to fall and plunge into." The commentary on the Chuci says: "To drown or submerge." The Guangya says: "To collapse." The Shuowen jiezi says: "To fall from high to low; one authority says it means to fall down; it takes the 'mound' radical [阜] as signific and 'han' [函] as phonetic").