一切經音義 82.64

82.64

噍類（上疾曜反韻詮噍嚼也嚙上古今正字從口焦聲）。

Living beings (the upper character is pronounced with the fanqie 疾曜 [dz- + -iɛu = dziɛu]. The Yunquan says: "噍 means to chew, to gnaw." The Gujin zhengzi gives it as composed of 口 with 焦 as phonetic).