一切經音義 82.93

82.93

Stony and barren (the upper character is pronounced with the fanqie 巧交 [kh- + -au = khau]; the lower character is pronounced with the fanqie 苦角 [kh- + -ak = khak]. Gu Yewang says: "磽 means hard; when ground is hard and unyielding it is lean and unsuitable for the five grains." The Shuowen jiezi says: "磽确 means stony land." The Kaosheng says: "礊 means thin soil." Both are phono-semantic compound characters).