一切經音義 32.34

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32.34

蚰蜒 (upper: *yəw* + *tsyuw* [yóu], lower: *yen* + *sjen* [yán]: The *Kaosheng* says: '蚰蜒 is the name of an insect (centipede/house centipede).' The *Fangyan* says: 'From the Pass eastward it is called 螾蜒; west of the Pass it is called 蚰蜒; in Northern Yan it is called 祝蜒.' The *Wenzidian shuo* says: 'Both characters follow the insect radical with *yóu* (由) and *yán* (延) as phonetics').

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese