一切經音義 11.59

11.59

熊羆 (The first character has the fanqie shū-qióng [xióng]. The second character has the fanqie bǐ-méi [pí]. The Classic of Poetry says: "They were bears and pí-bears." The Shuowen jiezi says: "The name of a beast; it resembles a swine but is larger, black in color, dwells in the mountains and hibernates in winter (with the fanqie chí-lì); its palms resemble a human's; it is formed from [the semantic component] 能 and takes 灬 (with the fanqie bì-yáo) as its phonetic component." The Erya says: "The pí resembles a bear, but is yellowish-white." Guo Pu says: "The pí resembles a bear but is larger; it is of the bear kind; its head is long, tall, fierce and aggressive (with the fanqie hē-gān), very strong and able to uproot trees." The Fangyan says: "In Guanxi it is called a jiā (pronounced jiā)." 羆 is formed from 罷 (with the fanqie pú-mà) and takes 灬 as its phonetic component).