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一切經音義 11.105

一切經音義 11.105

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11.105

繫蝦蟇(上音計次音遐下麥巴反考聲云水蟲名也爾雅云鼁音去𪓰音秋蟾音占蜍音余也郭璞注爾雅云似蝦蟇居陸地淮南謂之去[虫*ㄆ]爾雅又云在水曰黽音猛郭璞注云耿耕哽反似青蛙烏瓜反而大腹本草云蝦蟇一名蟾蜍一名鼁𪓰一名去[虫*ㄆ]一名田父一名胡孟一名青蛙一名耿猛一名長股皆蝦蟇方域之異名)。

Tethered toads: the upper character is pronounced *ji*. The second character is pronounced *xia*. The lower character has the fanqie *mai* + *ba*. The *Kaosheng* states: 'The name of a water creature.' The *Erya* states: '鼁 (pronounced *qu*), 𪓰 (pronounced *qiu*), 蟾 (pronounced *zhan*), 蜍 (pronounced *yu*).' Guo Pu's commentary on the *Erya* states: 'It resembles a toad and lives on land; in Huainan it is called *qupo*.' The *Erya* also states: 'Those living in water are called 黽 (*meng*),' pronounced *meng*. Guo Pu's commentary states: '耿 (pronounced *geng* + *geng*) resembles a green frog (pronounced *wu* + *gua*), but with a large belly.' The *Bencao* states: 'A toad (*xiama*) is also called *chanchu*, also called *quqiu*, also called *qupo*, also called *tianfu*, also called *humeng*, also called *qingwa*, also called *gengmeng*, also called *changgu*; these are all regional variant names for the toad (*xiama*).'

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