一切經音義 12.274

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狻猊頷（蘇丸反次音霓下胡濫反爾雅狻猊如[戔*(虎-儿+巾)]猫食虎豹郭璞云即師子也出西國漢武帝時疏勒王所獻頷顊也）。

狻猊頷 (the first character is *sū* + *wán* fanqie; the next is pronounced *ní*; the last character is *hú* + *làn* fanqie; the *Erya* states: 'The *suanni* resembles a striped cat, eating tigers and leopards;' Guo Pu states: 'That is the lion; it comes from the Western countries; during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han, the King of Kashgar offered one as tribute;' 頷 means the chin or jowl).