一切經音義 97.165

97.165

Reeds and rushes 蒹葭 (the upper character has the sound 兼 [jiān]; the lower has the fanqie: 革遐 [jiā]). The Shuowen jiezi says: 'Reeds and rushes are di (荻) and lu (蘆) before they have flowered. The jian is called di; the jia is called lu.' Both take 草 ('grass') as semantic, with 兼 and 叚 as phonetic.