一切經音義 78.195

78.195

蝦蟆（上下加反下馬巴反蒼頡篇蝦蟆水虫也又云蟾蠩也說文作蝦蟇二字並從虫）。

Toad (蝦蟆; the first character has the fanqie 下加 [xi- + -á]; the second has the fanqie 馬巴 [m- + -á]; the Cang Jie pian says: "The 蝦蟆 is an aquatic creature; it is also called a toad [蟾蠩]"; the Shuowen jiezi writes it as 蝦蟇; both characters take 'insect' (虫) as semantic).