一切經音義 66.55

66.55

Impure and turbid (穢濁; the upper character [穢] is fanqie 萎衛. Lexicons state: '穢 means weed-grown.' Gu Yewang says: '穢 means uncleaned; foul.' The Wenzidian shuo says: 'Overgrown weeds.' It is composed with 'grain' (禾) as semantic and 歲 as phonetic; it is also written 薉. The lower character [濁] is fanqie 撞學. The Cangjie pian says: '濁 means muddy slush.' Gu Yewang says: 'Turbidity (濁) is the designation for lack of cleanness.' The Wenzidian shuo says: 'Being at times clear and at times turbid.' It is composed with 'water' (水) as semantic and 蜀 as phonetic. The sound of 淖 is 撓).