一切經音義 31.167

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31.167

Male deer (牡鹿: the first character has the sound m- [矛] + -ǒu [厚] fanqie. The Mao Commentary on the Classic of Poetry says: 'Flying creatures are called xióng and cí (male and female); running creatures are called pìn and mǔ (female and male).' Gu Yewang says: 'Flying birds are also referred to as pìn and mǔ.' The Shuowen says: '牡 is a father beast; formed from the ox radical (牛) with tǔ (土) as phonetic').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese