一切經音義 66.109

66.109

機黠 (for the first character, j- + -i in fanqie. The Kaosheng says: '機 means movement.' Gu Yewang says: '機 refers to versatile adaptability.' The Zhouyi says: 'The release of the hinge-and-trigger is the master of glory and disgrace.' The Shuowen says: 'That which controls release is called 機.' It takes tree as semantic and 幾 as phonetic. For the second character, x- + -ia in fanqie. Guo [Pu]'s commentary to the Fangyan says: '黠 refers to intelligent and discerning.' Gu Yewang says: '黠 means rebellious, craftily sly.' The Shuowen says: 'Hard and black.' It takes black as semantic and 吉 as phonetic. 桀 is pronounced j- + -ie; 軋 is pronounced y- + -a).