一切經音義 62.16

62.16

核𩋸 (The upper character has the fanqie 衡 [heng] + 革 [ge]. Gu Yewang says: 'The seed inside a fruit.' The Shuowen jiezi says it takes the wood radical with 亥 phonetic. The lower character has the fanqie 頟 [e] + 更 [geng]. The Kaosheng says: 'Tough and hard.' The Wenzidian shuo says: 'Tough, rigid, and firm.' It takes the leather radical with 更 phonetic. Sometimes written with the stone radical as 硬, which is a vulgar character).