一切經音義 57.31

57.31

[高/肉]炷 ('tallow wick'; the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 果 + 敖. Zheng [Xuan's] commentary on the Liji says: "'Gao' (膏) is fragrant bovine tallow; another says it is rich fat." The Shuowen says it is formed from 高 and 肉. The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 朱 + 戍. The Kaosheng says: "'Zhu' (炷) is the wick of a lamp; it is formed from [the radical] 火 with 主 as the phonetic component." The Jixun writes it as 主: 主 is cloth placed inside a lamp and lit; this is the usage of the present time).