一切經音義 57.61

57.61

謇吃 ('stammering and stuttering'; the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 建 + 偃. The Zhouyi says: "'Jian' (謇) means difficulty." The Fangyan says: "'Jianchi' (謇吃) means halting speech." Guo [Pu's] commentary says: "This is also common speech in the north." It is also written as 謇. The Gujin zhengzi states it is formed from [the radical] 言 with 𡨄 as the phonetic component. The sūtra writes 蹇 ('lame'), which is not the intended meaning. 𡨄 is pronounced 僧 + 則. The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 斤 + 仡. The Shenglei says: "'Chi' (吃) means repeated speech." The Shuowen says: "Difficulty in speaking; it is formed from [the radical] 口 with 乞 as the phonetic component").