一切經音義 6.97

6.97

Green and light blue (綠縹: the first is pronounced with the fanqie 力斸 [lù]. The Shuowen says: "Silk of a bluish-yellow colour." In ancient script it is written as 緜; it derives from silk [糸] with 彔 as phonetic. The second is pronounced with the fanqie 漂褾 [piǎo]. The Shuowen says: "Silk of a bluish-white colour." The two colours green and light blue both rank next to deep blue. Both characters have the semantic element on the left and phonetic on the right. 斸 is pronounced with the fanqie 冢綠 [zhù]).