一切經音義 93.259

93.259

揭坩 (the first character has the fanqie qian + nie [jiē]; the Shiji says: "揭 [jiē] means to hold high." The Shuowen says: "It has the hand radical and he phonetic." The second character has the fanqie kan + gan [gān]; the Fangyan says: "A 坩 [gān] is an earthenware vessel." The Gujin zhengzi says: "It has the earth radical and gan phonetic.")