一切經音義 94.287

94.287

獺弁（上攤葛反下別變反按鹿弁隱淪之土以獺皮為冠鹿皮為弁也冕也說文云弁冕也正作𡭪從皃象形字也篆文從[(?*?)/八]作弁[(?*?)/八]音拱今通作弁是也）。

tabian 獺弁 (The first character has the fanqie tan + ge [t-]. The second character has the fanqie bie + bian [b-]. Examining the deer cap [lubian], recluse scholars made caps out of otter skin and bian out of deer skin. Bian means a ceremonial cap. The Shuowen says: "Bian means a ceremonial cap; it is properly written as 𡭪, taking 皃, being a pictographic character. In the seal script it takes [(?*?)/八], written as 弁. [(?*?)/八] is pronounced gong. Nowadays it is commonly written as 弁, which is this").