一切經音義 53.92

53.92

Tiered millstones (疊磑: the first character is pronounced dié. The Kaosheng says: "疊 means layered/repeated." The Shuowen originally had it with three 日 as 疊, and newly altered it to three 田 with 冝 below, an associative compound character. The second character is wú + huì fanqie. The Shuowen says: "磑 means millstone (䃺); it takes the radical 石 and has 豈 as phonetic." In ancient times, Lu Ban first made the millstone; 䃺 is pronounced mò + gè fanqie. The Kaosheng says: "An implement for grinding wheat").