一切經音義 16.79

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16.79

Wriggling and squirming (𧏦動: [the first character] has the fanqie r- + [y]in [=ruǎn]; Gu Yewang says: 'This is the squirming movement of crawling insects; ruǎn (蝡) also means moving'; character books say: 'Moving without feet is called ruǎndòng (𧏦動)'; the Shuowen says it is formed with 'insect' [虫] and ruǎn [耎] as phonetic).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese