一切經音義 6.33

6.33

駞驢 ("camel and donkey": the upper character has the fanqie 唐那 [tuó], which is a vulgar character; the standard form is written as 駝. Yupian says: "It has fleshy saddles on its back, is able to bear heavy loads, and is skilled at walking far; the northern regions have an abundance of this animal." Guo's commentary to the Shanhaijing says: "It can travel three hundred li a day, carry a thousand jin, and knows where water springs are located." Gujin zhengzi says: "Both 𩧐 and 駝 are composed of the horse classifier 馬, being phono-semantic characters." 橐 is pronounced tuò; 它 is pronounced tuó. The lower character lǘ has the fanqie 呂猪 [lǘ]. Yili says: "The ruler shoots in the suburbs using a donkey target." Shuowen says: "Resembling a horse but smaller, with long ears and a cow's tail; composed of 馬 with 盧 as the phonetic.")