一切經音義 87.100

87.100

二襜 [two aprons]: Read with the fanqie chang + zhan. The Mao Commentary on the Shijing says: 'A garment covering the front is called a chan.' The Fangyan says: 'A chan is called an ye.' Guo Pu says: 'It refers to the armpit of a garment.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A garment covering the front; composed of garment (衣) with zhan (詹) as phonetic.' The commentary writes it with the altar radical (示) as 祲, which is the character in fenjin (ominous vapor) read with the fanqie zi + zhen, having no relevant meaning.