一切經音義 72.22

72.22

Kites and the like (鴟等; the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 齒之 [chī]. The Zishu states: 'The 鴟 (chī) belongs to the kite species.' Both the Zilin and the Zitong state: 'The 鴟 is a bird; 鴟 refers to the hawk-kite (鷂鴟).' The Gujin zhengzi states that it takes 'bird' [鳥] as radical and 氐 as phonetic; 鷂 is pronounced with the fanqie 邈講 [bǎng], and 氐 is pronounced with the fanqie 底泥 [dī]. The Zishu also writes it with 至 as 鵄; its sound and meaning are both identical).