續一切經音義 3.58

3.58

Mother's flanks (母脇: the first character has the fanqie 莫厚 [mo + hou / mǔ]. The Erya says: "A father is called '考'; a mother is called '妣'; a father's deceased mother is called a royal grandmother (王母)." Guo's commentary says: "Adding 'royal' honors her." Cangjie says: "The character is formed from 女 [woman] with two dots resembling the shape of a woman's breasts." The second character has the fanqie 香業 [xiang + ye / xié]; it is also written as 脅. The Shuowen says: "The two sides of the torso; formed from 肉 [flesh] with 劦 as the phonetic component. 劦 is pronounced 叶 and is formed from three 力.")