續一切經音義 2.69

2.69

惑箭 (The first character is pronounced with the fanqie *h-*, [huo], from 胡 and 國. The *Qieyun* states: 'The mind confused and disordered.' The *Shuowen* states: 'It takes 心 [mind] as semantic and 或 as phonetic.' The second character is pronounced with the fanqie *j-*, [jian], from 煎 and 線; it is a popular character. The orthodox form is written 箭, taking 竹, 止, and 刂. The *Shuowen* states: 'Stopping a boat is written 歬, pronounced *qián*; Cai Yong added 刂, pronounced with the fanqie *g-*, [wai], from 古 and 外; 刂 [cutting/propelling] water makes it possible to move a boat.' Later, due to cursive clerical script, the characters transformed: 止 became [止-├+〡], 舟 became 月, and 刂 became 刀, forming the character 前. The *Kaosheng* states: '箭 was originally the name of a bamboo; the leaves of this bamboo resemble reeds, growing in clusters five or six feet high, with solid stems that can be made into arrow shafts (笴); hence arrows (矢) came to be called 箭.' 笴 is pronounced with the fanqie *g-*, [gan], from 干 and 旱.)