一切經音義 78.195

78.195

Toad (蝦蟆; the first character has the fanqie 下加 [xi- + -á]; the second has the fanqie 馬巴 [m- + -á]; the Cang Jie pian says: "The 蝦蟆 is an aquatic creature; it is also called a toad [蟾蠩]"; the Shuowen jiezi writes it as 蝦蟇; both characters take 'insect' (虫) as semantic).