一切經音義 72.167

72.167

Hip and thigh 髖髀 (The first character has the fanqie 欵官 [kuān]. The Picang says: 'Kuan means the buttocks.' The Kaosheng says: 'The bone of the buttocks and thighs.' The Shuowen says: 'The kuan is above the thigh.' It is composed of "bone" (骨) with "kuan" (寬) phonetic; it is also written with "flesh" (肉) as 臗, with the same meaning. Kao (尻) has the fanqie 考高 [kāo]; bi (䏶) is pronounced bì. The second character has the fanqie 瓶米 [bì]. The Yunquan says: 'The bi is the thigh; the inner side is called gu, the outer side is called bi.' The Liji says: 'Do not lean upon one thigh.' The Shuowen says: 'The bi is on the outer side of the thigh.' It is composed of "bone" (骨) with "bei" (卑) phonetic; it is also written as 䠋 in ancient script; popularly it is written as 䏶.)