一切經音義 99.86

99.86

瀹繭（上羊灼反說文瀹謂內[冉-工+又]菜湯中出之也或從𩰲作[鬻-米+習]音歷集從火作爚亦通下堅顯反說文蠶衣也從糸從虫從芇像蛾兩角相當也芇音眠集作璽俗字）。

Boiling cocoons 瀹繭 (the first character is pronounced [羊 + 灼] *yuè*. The Shuowen says: "*Yue* [瀹] means putting vegetables into boiling water and taking them out." It is also written with 𩰲 as [鬻-米+習], pronounced *lì*. In the anthology it is written with 火 as 爚, which is also acceptable. The bottom character is pronounced [堅 + 顯] *jiǎn*. The Shuowen says: "The clothing of the silkworm." It is composed of 糸 [silk], 虫 [insect], and 芇, representing the moth's two matching antennae. 芇 is pronounced *mián*. In the anthology it is written as 璽, which is a vulgar character).