一切經音義 99.189

99.189

Ripples and billows (漣漪) (the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 列纏 [liè + chán = lián]: the Mao Poetry says, "The river water is clear and rippling (lian-yi)." The commentary states, "When wind blows across the water forming patterns, it is called lian (漣)." The second character is pronounced with the fanqie 倚冝 [yǐ + yí = yī]: the ancient commentary to the Mao Poetry straightly notes that yi (漪) means cascading billows. The Shuowen says, "Lian-yi means water ripples"; both characters are classified under the radical 水, with 漣 and 猗 acting as their respective phonetics).