一切經音義 63.308

63.308

噉䔉 eating garlic: the first syllable is tan + gan fan [dàn], a falling-rising tone character. The Yunquan says: “Dan means to bite into; to eat.” Derived from ‘mouth’ (口) with ‘gan’ (敢) as phonetic. Also written as 啖. The second syllable is suan + luan fan [suàn]. The Shuowen says: “Pungent greens.” Derived from ‘grass’ (草) with ‘[示*木]’ as phonetic. The pronunciation of ‘[示*木]’ is identical to the above.