一切經音義 1.57

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翰墨（寒岸反尚書大傳云翰者鳥獸長毫毛也取以為筆故謂能書為筆翰說文天雞羽也從羽倝聲倝音干岸反下母北反考聲墨黑也說文書墨也從土黑聲也）。

Brushes and ink [翰墨] (han-an fan [hàn]; Shangshu datuan: "Han [翰] refers to the long plumes of birds and beasts, which are taken to make writing brushes; hence skilled writing is called 'brush and quill' [筆翰]." Shuowen: "Plumes of the pheasant [天雞]; composed of 'feather' [羽] with 'gan' [倝] phonetic; gan [倝] is pronounced gan-an fan." Second character: mu-bei fan [mò]; Kaosheng: "Black." Shuowen: "Calligraphic ink; composed of 'earth' [土] with 'black' [黑] phonetic").