一切經音義 85.176

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柱礎: [礎] is pronounced *chǔ* (楚); namely, what is nowadays the stone footing beneath a pillar; also called a pillar's 'zhì' (礩); another name is pillar's 'xì' (磶); 'xì' is pronounced *xī* (昔); people of the south call it 'chǔ'; a phono-semantic compound.