一切經音義 97.198

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"Owls and poison-birds" (梟鴆): The first character [梟 has the fanqie] jiao + yao (xiao). The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It is an unfilial bird. On the day of the summer solstice, it is captured, its head is cut off and suspended from a tree.' Dismembering [磔] is pronounced zhu + e (zhe). It is composed of a bird (鳥) above a tree (木). The second character [鴆 has the fanqie] chen + jin (zhen). Du [Yu]'s commentary on the Zuo zhuan says: 'The feathers of the zhen-bird are poisonous; if dipped in wine and drunk, one dies.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'It has the bird radical (鳥) and yin (冘) phonetic.' 冘 is pronounced yu + zhen (yin).