續一切經音義 6.22

6.22

苗稼（上武儦反切韻田苗也爾雅云夏獵為苗未秀者也從草在田會意字下古訝反詩云俾民稼穡鄭注論語云樹五穀曰稼從禾家聲）。

Sprouts and crops (苗稼: the first character has the fanqie *m- / b-*, the Qieyun states: "Field sprouts"; the Erya states: "Hunting in summer is called miao (苗); also referring to grain that has not yet headed"; it is an associative compound formed of grass above a field; the second character has the fanqie *g- / y-*, the Shijing says: "Caused the people to sow and harvest"; Zheng's commentary on the Analects states: "Planting the five grains is called jia (稼)"; it is derived from he 禾 (grain) with jia 家 as phonetic).