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一切經音義 92.85

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92.85

小蜹 (The second character has the fanqie phonetic spelling 儒 [rú] + 稅 [shuì], [ruì]. The Zilin says: "The 'ruì' is a midge (蟆子)." Gu Yewang says: "The 'ruì' loves to bite people, which is called harbouring venom; this is it." The Shuowen says: "In Qin it is called 'ruì'; in Chu it is called 'wén' [mosquito]. It takes 虫 [insect] as its radical and 芮 as its phonetic component." The phonetic reading of 蚉 is 文 [wén]; the phonetic reading of 芮 is the same as above).

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