一切經音義 81.121

81.121

Palm tree (椶櫚: the first character is pronounced *zu* + *hong* [zōng]; the second is pronounced *lü* [lǘ]. Guo Pu's commentary on the *Classic of Mountains and Seas* says: 'The palm is a tree over twenty feet tall, with hanging branches and large, round leaves; its seedpods are thick and its bark heavy, which can be made into ropes and raincoats.' The *Gujin zhengzi* states that both characters are formed from the "wood" radical (木) with 㚇 and 閭 as their phonetics. 㚇 is pronounced *zong* [zōng]. The *Shuowen jiezi* also calls it 栟櫚, which is another name for the palm. In the transmitted text it is written as 葼䕡, which is a scribal error. 㚇 is pronounced *zong* [zōng]; 栟 is pronounced *bing* [bīng]).