一切經音義 8.112

8.112

Reeds and rushes [蘆葦] (The first character has the fanqie lang + du [郎都反]; the second character has the fanqie yu + gui [于鬼反]. The Erya says: "Jia [葭] is wei [葦]." Guo Pu says: "Namely the modern lu [蘆]." It also says: "Jia and lu are wei." Upon examination, these two plants are similar in kind; the larger is called lu and the smaller is called wei. The Yupian says: "Wei is large jia." The Shuowen jiezi says: "The character lu [蘆] derives from 廾 and 皿 with the phonetic 𧆨; 𧆨 has the fanqie lu + du [魯都反]; it is also written as [蘆-皿], which is identical. The sūtra writing it as 蘆 is a popular form").