一切經音義 85.112

85.112

歃白馬 (The first character has the fanqie [suo + jia] 所甲. Jia's commentary to the Guoyu states: "歃 means to drink blood [in an alliance covenant]." The Yupian states: "To sip slightly with the mouth." The Shuowen states: "It takes its component from 欠 [yawn/breath] and ‹臿› as its phonetic." 臿 has the fanqie [cha + jia] 叉甲, composed of 干 and 臼. In the treatise it is written with 口 and 妾 as 唼, which is not suitable for this usage.)