一切經音義 72.77

72.77

Moths and mosquitoes (蛾蚊: the first character [蛾] is fanqie 五何 [é]. The Da Dai Liji says: "Insects that eat mulberry leaves produce silk and become moths." The Kaosheng says: "A flying insect; it refers to an insect that transforms its shape and flies." The Shuowen says it is formed with the insect radical [虫] and 我 as phonetic. The second character [蚊] is fanqie 武分 [wén]; it is a popular character form. The Zitong says it is written as 𧊈, a flying insect that bites people. The Shuowen says it is formed with the insect radical [虫] and 民 as phonetic. The treatise text uses 蚊, which is commonly used as a popular form).