[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [一切經音義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128) › 63.18 # 一切經音義 63.18 一切經音義 63.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [63.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.63.18) 蚊幬（上勿分反考聲云蚊飛蟲也說文作蟁齧人飛蟲也昬時而出也明旦而藏從䖵民聲齧音妍結反䖵音昆下宙留反鄭注周禮云幬覆也尒雅云幬謂之帳也韓詩外傳云抱衾與幬幬單帳也說文亦單帳也從巾壽聲）。 > Mosquito curtain \[蚊幬\]: The first character (wu + fen \[wén\]) is explained in the Kaosheng: 'A flying insect.' The Shuowen writes it as 蟁: 'A flying insect that bites people; it emerges at dusk and hides at dawn; formed with "insects" \[䖵\] as radical and mín \[民\] as phonetic.' 齧 is pronounced yan + jie \[niè\]; 䖵 is pronounced kūn. The second character (zhou + liu \[chóu\]) is explained in Zheng's commentary on the Zhouli: 'Chóu means to cover.' The Erya states: 'A chóu is called a curtain-canopy.' The Han Shi waizhuan states: 'Holding the quilt and curtain; chóu is a unlined curtain.' The Shuowen also states: 'An unlined curtain; formed with "towel/cloth" \[巾\] as radical and shòu \[壽\] as phonetic.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 63.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.63.17) - [Next: 63.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.63.19) - [Up: 63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.63) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128~en-mt.63.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.63.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2128.63.18) · Pramāṇa