一切經音義 68.59

68.59

Halberd and lance (戟矟: the first character has the fanqie 京逆; the Fangyan says: 'The 戟-halberd has branched blades.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A halberd is a weapon with branches, sixteen feet long. It is written as 戟 from 卓 and 戈.' The second character has the fanqie 雙捉; the Guangya says: '矟 is a long spear.' The Picang says: 'It is eighteen feet long.' The Wenzidian shuo says: 'Formed from [the semantic component] "spear" (矛) and has 肖 as phonetic.').