一切經音義 81.158

81.158

Potter wasp (蜾蠃: the upper character is gē + huǒ [guǒ]; the lower is lú + guǒ [luǒ]; Mao commentary to the Shijing says: "蜾蠃 is the púlu." Guo Pu's commentary to the Erya says: "Namely, the slender-waisted wasp; called wēngwēng." Shuowen's standard form is [虫*鬲*(舛-夕)], saying: "An earth wasp; by the nature of heaven and earth, slender-waisted wasps have no offspring." Derived from 虫 [insect] with 𩰫 as phonetic; 𩰫 has the sound gē. 蠃 is derived from 虫 with 𣎆 as phonetic. 蠮 has the sound yì; 螉 has the sound wēng + gòng [wèng]).