一切經音義 33.348

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螢火（上迴坰反郭注爾雅云螢夜飛腹下有火光禮記曰腐草化為螢也說文從虫從熒省聲也）。

螢火, [firefly] (the upper character is huí + jiōng fanqie. Guo's commentary on the Erya says: "The yíng (螢) flies by night and has firelight under its belly." The Liji says: "Rotten grass transforms into fireflies." The Shuowen jiezi says: "It is classified under the insect radical (虫), with yíng (熒) abbreviated phonetic").