一切經音義 77.116

77.116

More urgent than (亟於): The upper character is [read with the fanqie] 兢力. Zheng's commentary on the Mao Shijing says: '亟 means urgent.' The Erya says it means rapid. The Shuowen jiezi gives the same meaning; it takes 人, 口, 又, and 二 as components. The character 二 denotes heaven and earth; it expresses that among humanity born between heaven and earth, the mouth and hands are the most urgent, being an ideographic compound character. It also has the sound 器, which is not adopted here.