續一切經音義 6.90

6.90

Blisters and leprosy (疱癩: the upper character has the fanqie *bó* + *jiào* [pào]; the *Shuowen* writes it under "skin" as 皰, meaning "suppurating sores appearing on the face"; it is also written as 皰, and popularly as 䩅. The lower character has the fanqie *lái* + *dà* [lài]; the *Guangya* says, "*Lài* means wounded." The *Cang Jie pian* says, "Painful." The *Shuowen* takes 癘 as the proper form, meaning "malignant disease"; it is categorized under "sickness" with an abbreviated *lì* phonetic; *lì* has the fanqie *lái* + *dà* [lài]; *nì* has the fanqie *nǚ* + *è* [nì]).