一切經音義 53.42

53.42

欄楯 (first character pronounced 蘭 [lán]; second character pronounced 順 [shùn]. The Shuowen jiezi states: 'Railing.' Vertical posts are called 欄, horizontal bars are called 楯. The lattice slats between the 楯 are called 櫺子; commonly referred to as balustrades (鈎欄). Both characters 欄 and 楯 have the radical 木 and are phono-semantic characters. The character 盾 is composed of 厂, 十, and 目.)