一切經音義 95.52

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Piaogu 瓢觚 (The upper character is pronounced fanqie 驃摽. The Kaosheng says: "Piao 瓢 is half a calabash." Zheng Xuan says: "Take a sweet gourd, cut its stem, and use its bottom part as a wine vessel." The Fangyan says: "Between Chen, Chu, Song, and Wei, some call the gourd a piao." The Shuowen writes it as [(與-八+火)*爪]: "A ladle; it has the 'melon' radical and the phonetic component piao 票." The lower character is pronounced fanqie 古胡. Ma Rong's commentary on the Lunyu says: "A gu 觚 is a ritual vessel; one sheng is called a jue, and two sheng is called a gu." The Shuowen says: "A drinking vessel for feasts; another says a gu holds three sheng. Gu 觚 has the 'horn' radical and the phonetic component gua 瓜." Piao 票 is pronounced fanqie 必遙).