一切經音義 72.77

72.77

蛾蚊（上五何反大戴禮云蟲食桑者有絲而為蛾也考聲云飛蟲也謂其蟲變形而飛也說文從虫我聲下武分反俗字也字統云作𧊈齧人飛蟲也說文從虫民聲論文作蚊俗字通用之也）。

Moths and mosquitoes (蛾蚊: the first character [蛾] is fanqie 五何 [é]. The Da Dai Liji says: "Insects that eat mulberry leaves produce silk and become moths." The Kaosheng says: "A flying insect; it refers to an insect that transforms its shape and flies." The Shuowen says it is formed with the insect radical [虫] and 我 as phonetic. The second character [蚊] is fanqie 武分 [wén]; it is a popular character form. The Zitong says it is written as 𧊈, a flying insect that bites people. The Shuowen says it is formed with the insect radical [虫] and 民 as phonetic. The treatise text uses 蚊, which is commonly used as a popular form).