一切經音義 7.86

7.86

Deficient and reduced (缺減; first character quan + yue fanqie. The Shenglei writes it with chui as 𡙇. The Shuowen says: "A broken earthenware vessel; a narrow-mouthed jar." The Shuowen's standard form of 𡙇 takes the jar radical (缶) as 鈌. Guo Pu's commentary on the Erya says: "An earthenware basin." The Cangjiepian says: "Que (缺) means deficient." Gu Yewang says: "Que is like a blemish." The Shuowen says: "A broken vessel." It takes the vessel radical with jue (决) abbreviated phonetic. The second character, jian, has two sounds, both in the rising tone; it takes the water radical (水) with xian (咸). Though the strokes are one and the same, the meanings applied in the sound and gloss differ: the original sound is geng + zhan fanqie. The Kaosheng says: "To diminish something so it becomes less is called jian." The Shuowen says: "Jian means to reduce." This is not adopted here. The other sound is xian + an fanqie. The Zidian says: "Spontaneous wear and diminishment is called jian." The Jixun also says: "Jian means depletion." A character book says: "Short and scarce." We now adopt this latter reading, xian + an fanqie, which suits the context smoothly.).