一切經音義 49.5

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49.5

All insect pests (眾蠹: du + gu fan; the Mu Tianzi zhuan says: "Insects that eat books and tablets are du pests." The Shuowen says: "Insects that eat the insides of wood." It derives from 䖵 [insects] with [橐-木] as an abbreviated phonetic. It is also written as 螙, picturing an insect between wood, being a pictographic character).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese