一切經音義 86.63

86.63

Mayfly (蜉蝣: the first [character] is *fu-wu* [f- + -ú = fú] in fanqie; the second is *you-zhou* [y- + -óu = yóu] in fanqie; the Basheng says: “The 蜉蝣 is a winged ant larva.” Mao’s Commentary on the Odes says: “The mayfly is born in the morning and dies at dusk.” The Gujin zhengzi states: “They are phono-semantic characters, both categorized under 'insect' (虫), with 孚 and 斿 as their respective phonetics”).