一切經音義 72.80

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72.80

Inchworm (蚇蠖: [蠖 is] fanqie 注郭 [zhuò]. Guo's commentary on the Erya says: "It is the 蝍𧑙." The Zhouyi says: "The inchworm coils up in order to stretch out." The Shuowen says: "The inchworm is an insect that bends and stretches." It is formed with the insect radical [虫] and 蒦 as phonetic, with the fanqie 于𭸴; 蝍 is pronounced 即 [jí], and 𧑙 is fanqie 子六 [zú]).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese