一切經音義 76.179

76.179

虹蜺（上胡公反下研奚反禮記月令季春虹始見也王注楚辭云蜺雲之有色似龍者也漢書音義雄曰虹雌曰蜺文字典說云螮蝀也狀似蟲並從虫工兒皆聲螮音帝蝀音丁孔反）。

Rainbow (虹蜺; the first character is fanqie 胡 + 公; the second character is fanqie 研 + 奚. The 'Monthly Ordinances' of the Classic of Rites says: 'In the last month of spring, the rainbow first appears.' Wang's commentary to the Songs of Chu says: 'The secondary rainbow (蜺) is coloured clouds resembling a dragon.' The Sounds and Meanings of the Book of Han says: 'The male is called 虹; the female is called 蜺.' The Wenzi dianshuo says: 'It is the didong rainbow, shaped like a creature. Both take 虫 as semantic classifier, with 工 and 兒 as phonetics.' 螮 is pronounced 帝; 蝀 is fanqie 丁 + 孔).