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一切經音義 60.259

一切經音義 60.259

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60.259

一繭(堅顯反爾雅有四繭皆蠶之類也蟓繭樗繭欒繭蚖繭說文蠶衣也從糸從虫芇聲芇音眠象蛾兩角相當也)。

One cocoon [一繭] (The fanqie jian + xian. The Erya lists four types of cocoons, all of which are kinds of silkworms: mulberry cocoons, ailanthus cocoons, luan-tree cocoons, and yuan cocoons. The Shuowen says: "The clothing of a silkworm." It is classified under radical "silk" and radical "insect" with "mian" [芇] phonetic. Mian has the sound mian [眠], depicting the two antennae of a moth facing each other.)

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