一切經音義 4.46

4.46

無怯（欠業反蒼頡篇云怯畏劣也集訓云懼也韻詮弱也說文從犬作㹤以犬多畏故從犬去聲也形聲字也）。

Without cowardice (無怯: [怯 is] pronounced *q[ian]* + *[y]e* [qiè]. The *Cang Jie pian* says: "*Qie* means fearful and inferior." The *Jixun* says: "Frightened." The *Yunquan* says: "Weak." The *Shuowen [jiezi]* writes it under dog (犬) as 㹤, because dogs are mostly fearful, hence it is classified under dog (犬) with *qu* (去) phonetic; it is a phono-semantic character).