一切經音義 7.70

7.70

Extinguish (殄滅; first character tian + xian fanqie; Kong Anguo's commentary on the Shangshu says: "Tian (殄) means to cut off." The Erya says: "Tian means to exhaust." The Shuowen agrees; it takes the bad/death radical (歹) with zhen (㐱) phonetic. Second character mian + jie fanqie; the Kaosheng says: "Mie (滅) means to perish." The Yunying says: "Mie means to sink away." The Jixun says: "Mie means to cut off." The Yunquan says: "Mie means to dissipate." The Shuowen says: "Mie means to exhaust completely." It takes water (水), xu (戌), and fire (火); xu is the grave of fire, and within xu is water mutually extinguishing fire, hence it takes water and xu. Writing it as 灭 is also acceptable.).