一切經音義 66.95

66.95

Ferment and malt (麴糱; the upper character [麴] is fanqie 穹鞠. The Shangshu says: 'If you would make wine or sweet spirits, you must have ferment and malt (麴糱).' The Zuo zhuan says: 'Is there wheat yeast (麴)?' The Fangyan says: 'Between Song, Wei, Chen, and Chu, 麴 is called [曹-日].' The Wenzidian shuo says it is composed with 'wheat' (麥) as semantic and 匊 as phonetic. The sound of [曹-日] is 曲; the sound of 匊 is fanqie 弓六. The lower character [糱] is fanqie 言列. The Kaosheng says: '糱 is the sprouting of grain or wheat.' The Shuowen says: 'Sprouted grain.' It is composed with 'rice' (米) as semantic and 𦵮 as phonetic).