一切經音義 45.181

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45.181

猫貍 [Cats and wildcats] (The first character has the fanqie: 卯 + 包. Gu Yewang says: “The cat resembles a tiger but is smaller and eats mice.” The Gujin zhengzi says: “Classified under the radical 犭 with the phonetic 苗.” The second character has the fanqie: 里 + 之. The Kaosheng says: “貍 is today's wildcat.” Gu Yewang says: “The 貍 is of the cat family.” The Shuowen jiezi says: “A crouching beast; classified under the radical 豸 with the phonetic 里.” In the sūtra it is written with 犬 as 狸, which is a vulgar character).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese