一切經音義 47.151

47.151

龜毛 (hairs on a turtle; the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 愧 and 逵 [=guī]. The Baihu tong says: '龜 (turtle) implies longevity.' The Mao commentary to the Shijing says: 'The great turtle measures one foot and two inches.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'That which has bone on the outside and flesh on the inside; it takes 它 as semantic component, picturing the turtle's head; some say it is phonetic').