一切經音義 93.185

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93.185

哮吼 [roaring and bellowing]: The first character is read with the fanqie xiao + jiao (xiào). The Picang says: 'Xiào means raging anger.' The Shuowen jiezi says it is composed of the [semantic] radical 'mouth' (口) and the sound xiào (孝). The second character is read with the fanqie he + gou (hǒu). The Chuci has: 'Bears and brown bears howl and roar.' The Kaosheng says it is the sound of oxen and tigers roaring.

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese