續一切經音義 4.49

4.49

槌胷 (for the first character, [chuí], fanqie 直追 [ɖ- + -wi = ɖwi/chuí]; this is a vulgar character, standardly written 椎. The Shuowen says: “To strike. It takes 木 as radical and 隹 as phonetic.” For the second character, [xiōng], fanqie 勗恭 [x- + -ɨoŋ = xioŋ/xiōng]. The Shuowen says: “The breast (膺); also written 匈.” The character books say: “To beat the chest (椎胷) means that in the extremity of grief and resentment one harms one's own body.”)