[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128) › 2.44 # 一切經音義 2.44 一切經音義 2.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.2.44) 虎豹（上呼古反爾雅甝白虎虪黑虎方言陳宋之間謂之李交江南謂李耳說文云虎者山獸之君也足似人足故下從人象形亦形聲字甝音含儵音叔虍音呼下包教反說文云貌似虎團文花黑而小於虎從豸從包省聲也豸音雉也）。 > Tigers and leopards (虎豹: the upper character is hu + gu fan. The Erya says: a han is a white tiger; a shu is a black tiger. The Fangyan says: between Chen and Song it is called lijiao; south of the Yangzi it is called li'er. The Shuowen jiezi says: the tiger is the king of mountain beasts; its paws resemble human feet, hence below it takes human (人); it is pictographic and also phono-semantic. 甝 is han; 儵 is shu; 虍 is hu. The lower character is bao + jiao fan. The Shuowen jiezi says: its appearance resembles a tiger, with round, black patterns, but smaller than a tiger; it takes the beast (豸) signific and bao abbreviative phonetic. 豸 is pronounced zhi). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.2.43) - [Next: 2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.2.45) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.2.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.2.44) · Pramāṇa