一切經音義 24.70

24.70

Māolí 貓貍 (Māo 貓 is the transmitted pronunciation; the correct pronunciation is miáo 苗. Gu Yewang says: 'Resembling a tiger but small, kept in households to catch mice; sometimes written with radical quǎn 犬 as 猫, which is a vulgar character'. The lower character is fanqie 里知 [lí]. Gu Yewang says: 'Also resembling a tiger but small, a wild beast belonging to the cat family, popularly called a wildcat; fond of stealing and eating household chickens'. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'an ominous beast resembling a chū 貙; with radical zhì 豸 and lǐ 里 phonetic; zhì 豸 is pronounced zhì 雉, and chū 貙 is fanqie 丑于 [chū]').