一切經音義 31.172

31.172

Bears and brown bears (熊羆: the first character has the sound xióng [雄]. The Shuowen says: 'A beast resembling a pig; it lives in mountains and hibernates in winter; formed from néng [能] and the fire radical [灬]; 灬 has the sound piāo [漂].' The second character has the sound b- [彼] + -í [麋] fanqie. Guo's commentary on the Erya says: 'Resembling a bear but with a higher head and longer legs; fierce, foolish, and immensely strong; able to uproot trees. West of the Pass it is called a boar bear (jiāxióng).' The Shuowen says: 'Like a bear, yellowish-white; formed from bà (罷) with xióng (熊) abbreviated as phonetic. Jiā has the sound jiā [加]; hàn has the sound h- [呼] + -án [藍] fanqie').