一切經音義 98.167

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臽穽 (The first character is pronounced like *xiàn*. The *Guangya* says: *Xiàn* means a pit. The *Shuowen* says: *Xiàn* is a small pitfall trap; it is formed with a person atop a mortar, pictographic. In the anthology it is written with 'mound' as 陷, which means falling from a high place, not the sense of a pitfall trap. The second character is pronounced *qíng-xìng* [jǐng]. The *Shuowen* says: [(叡-(谷-口+目))/井] also means a pit; it is formed from 𣦻 with *jǐng* phonetic. The *Kaosheng* writes it as 阱. In the anthology it is written with 'cave' as 穽, which is a vulgar character. 𣦻 is pronounced *cán*).