一切經音義 6.29

6.29

變易 ("change and alteration": the upper character has the fanqie 兵眷 [biàn]. Baihu tong says: "Biàn means altering the constant; it means transformation." Shuowen says: "Composed of 攵 with 䜌 as the phonetic." The lower character has the fanqie 盈益 [yì]. Shuowen says: "A pictographic character, like a chameleon." Another explanation says: "The upper part is 日 [sun] and the lower part is 月 [moon], together forming 易, totaling nine strokes, the number of yang; it is an associative compound.")