續一切經音義 8.45

8.45

Earthen couch (土榻: the first character is [pronounced] 他古 [tǔ]; the Shangshu says: "Earth fosters sowing and reaping." The Shuowen says: "Earth (土) means spitting out (吐); it can spit out and produce the ten thousand things. It is composed of 二, 二 being the number of the earth, and 亅, depicting things emerging from the earth; 〡 is [pronounced] 古本 [gǔn]." The second character is also written as 㯓 or 㒆, both [pronounced] 吐盍 [tà]; the Zishu says: "It means a bed or couch. It is composed of 木 (wood) with [日/羽] phonetic; [日/羽] has the same sound as above").