一切經音義 99.170

99.170

蟭螟（上子消反下覓瓶反列子云殷湯問於夏革曰夫物有巨細乎荅曰蟭螟者江浦之間名為麼蟲羣飛巢於蚊睫之上栖宿去來蚊不覺也並從虫麼音魔跛反麼謂小也革音矜憶反）。

Midges (蟭螟) (the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 子消 [zǐ + xiāo = jiāo]; the second character is pronounced with the fanqie 覓瓶 [mì + píng = míng]: the Liezi says, "King Tang of Yin asked Xia Ge, 'Do things have greatness and minuteness?' He replied, 'The jiaoming is a tiny insect found along river shores; they fly in swarms and nest on the eyelashes of mosquitoes, roosting and coming and going without the mosquito noticing.'" Both characters are classified under the radical 虫; 麼 is pronounced with the fanqie 魔跛 [mó + bǒ = ma]; 麼 means minute; 革 is pronounced with the fanqie 矜憶 [jīn + yì = jí]).