一切經音義 93.114

93.114

Moustache and beard (頿髯: the upper character has the fanqie zi-si [zi]. The Zuo zhuan says: 'King Ling was born with a moustache.' The Shuowen says: 'Hair above the mouth; it is derived from "hair" [須] and phonetic ci [此].' The text of the commentary writes it with the "long hair" radical [髟] as 髭, which is also the same. The lower character has the fanqie ran-zhan [ran]. A beard [髯] is hair on the cheeks; it is derived from "hair" [須] and phonetic ran [冉]. Master Zhuang says: 'Fine whiskers and beard [𩓿𩓿].' 𩓿𩓿 means hair on the cheeks. In commentary texts it is written as 髯, which is also acceptable and is the character used nowadays. The pronunciation of 冉 is the same as the above fanqie).