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一切經音義 72.78

一切經音義 72.78

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72.78

蚰蜒(上以周反下以旃反方言自關東而謂之螾蜒說文蚰蜒亦曰蝘蜒也並從虫由延皆聲螾音引蝘音蝘也)。

House centipedes (蚰蜒: the first character [蚰] is fanqie 以周 [yóu]; the second character [蜒] is fanqie 以旃 [yán]. The Fangyan says: "From east of the Pass they call them 螾蜒." The Shuowen says: "蚰蜒 is also called 蝘蜒." Both are formed with the insect radical [虫], with 由 and 延 as phonetics; 螾 is pronounced 引 [yǐn], and 蝘 is pronounced 蝘 [yǎn]).

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