一切經音義 31.77

31.77

蠶繭（上雜含反說文蠶吐絲蟲也從䖵朁聲替音七感反下堅典反說文蠶衣也從糸從虫芇聲芇音眠象蛾兩角相當也經文作蠒俗字也古文作絸也䖵音昆也）。

Silk cocoons (蠶繭: the first character has the fanqie [dza]m + [x]am. The Shuowen jiezi says: "Silkworms are insects that spit silk; it is categorized under 䖵 and phonetic mèi 朁." The character 朁 is pronounced with the fanqie [tsʰ]i + [k]am. The second character has the fanqie [k]en + [t]ian. The Shuowen jiezi says: "The clothing of the silkworm; it is categorized under 糸 and 虫, with mián 芇 as its phonetic." 芇 is pronounced [m]ian, picturing a moth with its two antennae matching each other. In the sūtra text it is written as 蠒, which is a vulgar character; in ancient script it is written as 絸. 䖵 has the sound [k]un).