一切經音義 53.167

53.167

燕雀 (the first character is yan + jian fan; Guo [Pu]'s commentary on the Erya says: "The people of Qi call the swallow 𩾐; the 'Monthly Ordinances' of the Book of Rites also calls it the dark bird [玄鳥]"; the Shuowen says: "The dark bird; picturing the shape with a clamping beak, spread wings, and parted tail"; 𩾐 is pronounced yi; 籋 is nü + she fan, meaning to pinch/clamp; the second character is jiang + yao fan; Gu Yewang says: "A small bird that nests close to humans"; the Shuowen says it is formed with shao [少] with zhui [隹] as phonetic).