一切經音義 57.162

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蠆毒 (The first character has the fanqie 丑 + 芥; it is a pictographic character. Zheng's gloss on the Classic of Poetry states that 蠆 is a venomous insect. Between Qin and Jin it is called [虫*束*頁]𱿴; generally it is called a scorpion. Zheng Xuan says: "The tail of the 蠆 curls up like a woman's hair bun; its tail ends with venom." The Shuowen says it is formed from 虫, depicting its shape like 萬).