一切經音義 68.156

68.156

Tasting and sipping (嘗啜): the first character has the pronunciation of 常. The Analects says: 'When the ruler bestowed food, he would surely straighten his mat and taste it first.' Du's Commentary to the Zuo zhuan says: 'To try.' The Shuowen says: 'It takes the radical 旨 and 尚 is phonetic.' In the treatise it is written with the radical 口 as 𭋌, which is incorrect. The second character is [pronounced with the fanqie] 川 + 爇. The Shuowen says: 'Chuò also means to taste; it takes the radical 口 (mouth) and 叕 is phonetic. 叕 has the fanqie 陟 + 劣.'