一切經音義 30.89

30.89

蚊蜹 [Mosquitoes and gnats] (The upper character is fanqie 吻 + 分 [wén]; it is a vulgar character, standardly written 蟁. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'A flying insect that bites humans; it has the radical 虫 and the phonetic 文.' The lower character is fanqie 爇 + 銳 [ruì]; the vulgar form is 蚋, while standardly written 蜹. The Shuowen jiezi says: 'In Qin it was called 蜹; it has the radical 虫 and the phonetic 芮').