一切經音義 4.167

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白鸖（何各反。經文作鵠誤也。鵠音胡木反。蒼黃色而觜短所在皆有。說文鴻鵠也玉篇黃鵠形如鸖。色蒼黃故知非是鸖也。鸖色白而長喙。壽滿千歲者頂皆朱色字書鸖似鵠而觜長。神仙鳥也。見則為祥瑞也。枹朴子曰鸖鳴九皐聲聞于天。淮南子曰雞知將曉鸖知夜半是也。說文從鳥隺。何各反聲也。說文又解隺字從冂。癸營反。從隹。隹鳥也。鳥飛高至上欲出冂也）。

白鸖 (White crane: The fanqie 何各 [hè]. The sūtra text writes 鵠, which is an error. 鵠 has the fanqie 胡木 [hú]. It is greyish-yellow with a short beak and found everywhere. The Shuowen says: "A honghu (swan)." The Yupian says: "The yellow swan is shaped like a crane, greyish-yellow in colour, thus we know it is not a crane." The crane is white in colour with a long beak; those living to a thousand years all have a vermilion crown. The Zishu says: "The crane resembles a swan but has a long beak; it is a bird of the divine immortals. Its appearance portends auspicious omens." The Baopuzi says: "The crane cries in the nine marshes, its sound heard in the heavens." The Huainanzi says: "The rooster knows the coming of dawn, the crane knows midnight"; this is it. The Shuowen says: "It takes its semantic element from 鳥 (bird) and 隺 (fanqie 何各) for its sound." The Shuowen further explains that the character 隺 takes its semantic element from 冂 (fanqie 癸營) and from 隹 (隹 is a bird); the bird flies high up towards the summit, seeking to emerge from 冂).