續一切經音義 4.43

4.43

貿易 (for the first character, [mào], fanqie 莫侯 [m- + -əu = məu/mào]. The Erya says: “貿 means commerce and market-trade.” The Kaosheng says: “貿 means to buy; also to exchange.” For the second character, pronounced with the fanqie 半益 [p- + -ɨɛk = pɨɛk/yì], meaning to barter goods back and forth. The Shuowen says: “It takes 日 as radical and 勿 as phonetic.”)