續一切經音義 6.65

6.65

Parasol (傘蓋: the first character is read with the fanqie *s- / h-*, which is the ancient character for shan 繖; it is derived from ji 亼, pronounced with the fanqie *c- / r-*, representing the joining of three parts; the sound san 傘 is that of the hua 華 in Huaxia; it is an associative compound; the second character has the fanqie *g- / d-*, the Qieyun states: "To cover, to conceal"; the Tongsu wen says: "Stretched silk"; the Liji says: "A worn-out parasol is not discarded, so that it may be used to bury a dog"; the character is derived from gong 廾 and he 盍; gong is pronounced cao, and he is pronounced he).