一切經音義 75.38

75.38

Marrow and marrow-fluid [髓䯜] (the first character is pronounced *sui* + *chai* [suǐ]. The *Shuowen* states: 'The fat inside the bones; it takes "bone" [骨] as semantic classifier and has an abbreviated *sui* [隨] as phonetic component.' The second character is pronounced *tian* + *yi* [tì]. The *Yunquan* states: 'Ti is the yellow fluid between the bones.' This means that when a person is on the verge of death, the marrow turns into ti, and yellow fluid flows out. It is also a phono-semantic character).