一切經音義 17.86

17.86

Mules and donkeys (騾驢; the first character is [pronounced with the] fanqie lì + [g]ē. The second character is [pronounced with the] fanqie lì + [zh]ū. The Shuowen says: “A mule is what is born of a donkey sire and a horse dam.” It also says: “It resembles a horse with long ears.” Both characters take mǎ ‘horse’ as semantic classifier, and lěi and lú are both phonetics).