一切經音義 31.164

English (machine translation) 31.164

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31.164

Turtles and frogs (龜鼃: the first character has the sound k- [愧] + -uī [逵] fanqie; the second has the sound hu- [獲] + -ā [瓜] fanqie. The Kaosheng says: 'The wā (鼃) is an aquatic insect, that is, a mole cricket / frog.' The Shuowen says: 'A toad; formed from the frog radical (黽) with guī (圭) as phonetic; it is also written as 蛙. 黽 has the sound měng [猛]').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese