一切經音義 91.60

91.60

Smelting and casting (鎔冶: the upper character is pronounced *rong* [容]; the *Kaosheng* states that it is the method of casting metal; the *Shuowen* states it is the method for smelting vessels, a phono-semantic compound character; the lower character is pronounced *ye* [野]; the *Kaogong ji* states that it refers to artisans who work metal; the *Shuowen* states that 𨩠 means this; it is categorized under radical 冫 with 台 as phonetic).