續一切經音義 6.111

6.111

Even and symmetrical (均亭: the upper character has the fanqie *jū* + *yún* [jūn]; character glossaries say, "*Jūn* means level and equal." The lower character has the fanqie *tè* + *dīng* [tíng]; the *Kaosheng* says, "*Tíng* also means level." Today's pavilions take their four sides as being evenly symmetrical (*tíngjūn*). *Jūn* is categorized under "earth" with *yún* phonetic; *tíng* is categorized under "high" with an abbreviated *dīng* phonetic. The sūtra writes it under "metal" as 鈞, which means thirty catties; and writes *tíng* under "person" as 停, meaning to stop; neither is the character for the four corners of a painted altar being evenly symmetrical).