一切經音義 77.23

77.23

翡翠 [halcyon / kingfisher] (The first character has the fanqie 肥味 [fěi]; the second character has the fanqie 七醉 [cuì]. The Zitong says: 'The cuì is a bird with blue-green feathers; it comes from Yulin.' The Yiwu zhi says: 'The kingfisher builds its nest at the top of tall trees, seventy to eighty feet above the ground. The indigenous people gradually lower it to seven or eight feet above the ground, waiting until the fledglings are nearly grown before taking them.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'The fěi is a bird with red feathers.' Both characters are derived from 羽, with 非 and 卒 as their respective phonetics).