一切經音義 12.42

12.42

𡝩魅 (the first character is yú-jiāo [fanqie: 於驕反]; the standard form has 示 as radical and 芺 as phonetic, now commonly written as 𡝩, which is an error; the Zuo zhuan says when heaven violates the seasons it is a disaster, and when earth violates living things it is a portent [祅]; Shiming says 祅 means harm; also written as 𧨶. The second character is méi-mì [fanqie: 眉祕反]; the Shanhai jing says the creature called mèi has a human body and a black head, vertical eyes; Shuowen jiezi says the essence of aged things, having 鬼 as radical and an abbreviated 未 as phonetic; also written with 鬼 picturing the ghost and, because it grows hair, taking 彡 [sound shān]).