一切經音義 62.38

62.38

氤氳 (The upper character is pronounced 因 [yin]. The lower character has the fanqie 薀 [yun] + 云 [yun]. These are popular characters. In the Boya the standard forms take the fire radical, writing 烟, and the silk radical, writing 縕; it is the generative vapor of heaven and earth. The Zhouyi says: 'Heaven and earth blend in dense profusion (氤氳), and all things transform and flourish.' The Kaosheng says: 'Vapors of the clouds').