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一切經音義 83.184

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83.184

Jackals and rhinoceroses (豺𠒅): the first character is pronounced like 柴. The Shuowen jiezi states: 'A beast of the wolf kind.' Composed of 豸 with 才 phonophore. The second character is pronounced like 寺. The Shanhaijing states: 'The rhinoceros (兕) dwells east of Shun's burial site and south of the Xiang River, shaped like an ox and dark black.' Guo's commentary on the Erya states: 'Single-horned, greenish-black, weighing a thousand jin.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'Shaped like a wild ox and greenish-black; pictographic, sharing its head with 𡼁.'

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