一切經音義 63.18

63.18

Mosquito curtain [蚊幬]: The first character (wu + fen [wén]) is explained in the Kaosheng: 'A flying insect.' The Shuowen writes it as 蟁: 'A flying insect that bites people; it emerges at dusk and hides at dawn; formed with "insects" [䖵] as radical and mín [民] as phonetic.' 齧 is pronounced yan + jie [niè]; 䖵 is pronounced kūn. The second character (zhou + liu [chóu]) is explained in Zheng's commentary on the Zhouli: 'Chóu means to cover.' The Erya states: 'A chóu is called a curtain-canopy.' The Han Shi waizhuan states: 'Holding the quilt and curtain; chóu is a unlined curtain.' The Shuowen also states: 'An unlined curtain; formed with "towel/cloth" [巾] as radical and shòu [壽] as phonetic.'