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一切經音義 62.191

一切經音義 62.191

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蚤蝨(上遭老反說文云蚤齧入跳蟲也從䖵卂聲卂音側巧反下詵擳反說文云蝨齧人蟲也從䖵卂聲卂音信䖵音昆)。

Fleas and lice (蚤蝨: the first is pronounced with the fanqie 遭老. The Shuowen says: "A zǎo [蚤] is a jumping insect that bites people; it takes insect [䖵] as semantic classifier and xùn [卂] as phonetic." Xùn is pronounced with the fanqie 側巧. The second is pronounced with the fanqie 詵擳. The Shuowen says: "A shī [蝨] is an insect that bites people; it takes insect [䖵] as semantic classifier and xùn [卂] as phonetic." Xùn is pronounced 信 [xìn]; 䖵 is pronounced 昆 [kūn]).

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