一切經音義 51.375

51.375

Heel of the foot (脚跟: for the first character 脚 [jiǎo], the Shuowen states it is composed of 'flesh' [肉], 'corpse' [尸], with 'valley' [谷] phonetic; its pronunciation has the fanqie q[ú] + [lüè]. With doubled 'person' [从] and 'mouth' [口] it forms another variant; the treatise has it composed of 'flesh/moon' [月] and 'to go' [去] forming 脚, which is nonstandard. The second character has the fanqie g[èn] + [h]én. The Shiming states: "The socket behind the foot is the 跟 (gēn)." The Shuowen says: "The heel of the foot. It is composed of 'foot' [足] with 艮 phonetic").