一切經音義 57.7

English (machine translation) 57.7

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57.7

Wriggling and moving (蝡動): The upper character is run plus yun fan. The Kaosheng says: 'Originally written taking "mouth" (口); wriggling things with feet are called insects (chong).' The Shuowen says: 'Takes "insect" (虫), with ruan (耎) for sound.'

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese