一切經音義 31.172

31.172

熊羆（上音雄說文云獸也似豕山居冬蟄從能從灬灬音漂下彼麋反郭注尒雅云似熊而頭高脚長猛憨多力能柭木關西呼為猳熊也說文如熊黃白色從罷從熊省聲也猳音加憨音呼藍反）。

Bears and brown bears (熊羆: the first character has the sound xióng [雄]. The Shuowen says: 'A beast resembling a pig; it lives in mountains and hibernates in winter; formed from néng [能] and the fire radical [灬]; 灬 has the sound piāo [漂].' The second character has the sound b- [彼] + -í [麋] fanqie. Guo's commentary on the Erya says: 'Resembling a bear but with a higher head and longer legs; fierce, foolish, and immensely strong; able to uproot trees. West of the Pass it is called a boar bear (jiāxióng).' The Shuowen says: 'Like a bear, yellowish-white; formed from bà (罷) with xióng (熊) abbreviated as phonetic. Jiā has the sound jiā [加]; hàn has the sound h- [呼] + -án [藍] fanqie').