一切經音義 24.240

24.240

吞噬（吐根反說文吞咽也從口天聲下時制反王弼註周易云噬齧也說文從口筮聲也）。

Swallowing and devouring (吞噬) (The upper character has the fanqie Tu + Gen [tūn]. The Shuowen states: "吞 means to swallow; derived from the mouth radical 口 with 天 phonetic." The lower character has the fanqie Shi + Zhi [shì]. Wang Bi's commentary on the Zhouyi states: "噬 means to bite." The Shuowen states: "Derived from the mouth radical 口 with 筮 phonetic").