一切經音義 91.85

91.85

Gorges and ravines (溝壑: the upper character has the fanqie sound of *g[ou]-h[ou]* [苟侯反]; the *Shuowen* states that 溝 means a water trench; it is categorized under radical 水 with 冓 as phonetic; the lower character has the fanqie sound of *h[e]-g[e]* [訶各反]; Guo [Pu]'s commentary on the *Erya* states that 壑 means a pit or moat, an earthen ruin; the *Shuowen* states that 壑 is also a ditch; it is categorized under [(├/(同-(一/口)+、))*又], 谷, and 上).