一切經音義 99.55

99.55

Aster and wild rice 菀蔣 (the first character is pronounced [冤 + 遠] *yuǎn*. The Bencao states: "It is purple aster [*ziwan*], also called green aster." The Shuowen says: "*Wan* [菀] is a medicinal herb." The bottom character is pronounced [爵 + 羊] *jiǎng*. The Shuowen says: "*Jiang* [蔣] is wild rice [*gu*]." Both take 艸 [grass] as radical, with 宛 and 將 as their respective phonetics. 苽 is pronounced *gū*).