一切經音義 68.158

68.158

Turtles and crabs (龜蠏): the first character has the pronunciation of 歸. The Guangya says: 'The turtle is a shelled creature.' The second character is [pronounced with the fanqie] 諧 + 買. Han Kangbo's Commentary to the Zhouyi says: 'The crab has its shell on the outside.' The Shuowen says: 'It has two pincers and eight legs, and walks sideways; it takes the radical 虫 (insect) and 解 is phonetic. 𧑃 has the sound áo.'