一切經音義 94.153

94.153

Hares and tiger cubs (兔彪: the first character is fanqie ta + lu [tù]. The transmission's text writes it with 草 (grass) as 莬, which is also acceptable; both are characters for hare/rabbit. The Shuowen says: "Tù is a beast; it depicts a crouching posture, with the final dot depicting its tail." The second character is fanqie bi + xiu [biāo]. The transmission writes it as 彪, which is a vulgar character. The Shuowen says: "Biāo refers to the stripes of a tiger; it is formed from [the radical] 虎 (tiger) and 彡, depicting its stripes").