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一切經音義 31.164

一切經音義 31.164

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Classical Chinese

31.164

龜鼃(上愧逵反下獲瓜反考聲云鼃水蟲也即螻蟈也說文蝦蟆也從黽圭聲或作蛙黽音猛也)。

Turtles and frogs (龜鼃: the first character has the sound k- [愧] + -uī [逵] fanqie; the second has the sound hu- [獲] + -ā [瓜] fanqie. The Kaosheng says: 'The wā (鼃) is an aquatic insect, that is, a mole cricket / frog.' The Shuowen says: 'A toad; formed from the frog radical (黽) with guī (圭) as phonetic; it is also written as 蛙. 黽 has the sound měng [猛]').

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