一切經音義 79.85

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79.85

蟁蝱 (The first character has the sound 文 [wén]; in the Wu dialect it has the fanqie 密彬 [mín]. The Shuowen jiezi says: "A flying insect that bites people, coming out at dusk." The second character has the fanqie 陌彭 [méng]. The Shuowen jiezi says: "A biting flying insect larger than a fly; popularly written as 䖟." The meaning is as above; 蚊 and 䖟 are both popular variant forms).

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese