一切經音義 96.35

96.35

橫馗（匱龜反說文云馗九達道似龜背故謂之馗從九首聲亦作逵也）。

橫馗: The fanqie phonetic notation is kui (匱) + gui (龜). The Shuowen jiezi states: '馗 means a thoroughfare connecting nine directions; because it resembles a turtle's back, it is called 馗. Analyzed as following the semantic component "nine" (九) and the phonetic component shou (首). It is also written as 逵.'