一切經音義 66.212

66.212

蠓蜹（上蒙孔反莊子云猨之於木若蠛蠓於蛇也顧野王云蠓小飛蟲也說文云蠛蠓也從虫蒙聲也下𤑔稅反正蜹字也論文作蚋俗字也古今正字云秦謂之蚋楚謂之蚉也從虫苪聲蠛音眠鱉反蚊音文芮音上同）。

Midges and gnats (蠓蜹: the upper character has the fanqie m[éng] + [k]ǒng; the Zhuangzi says: 'An ape in a tree is like mièměng midges to a snake.' Gu Yewang says: 'Měng is a tiny flying insect.' The Shuowen says: 'Mièměng; it takes chóng as radical and méng as phonetic.' The lower character has the fanqie r[uò] + [sh]uì, which is the correct character for ruì. The treatise text writes 蚋, which is a vulgar character. The Gujin zhengzi says: 'Qin called them ruì, Chu called them wén (mosquitoes); it takes chóng as radical and ruì as phonetic.' Miè has the fanqie mián + bié; wén has the sound wén; ruì has the same sound as above).