一切經音義 99.170

99.170

Midges (蟭螟) (the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 子消 [zǐ + xiāo = jiāo]; the second character is pronounced with the fanqie 覓瓶 [mì + píng = míng]: the Liezi says, "King Tang of Yin asked Xia Ge, 'Do things have greatness and minuteness?' He replied, 'The jiaoming is a tiny insect found along river shores; they fly in swarms and nest on the eyelashes of mosquitoes, roosting and coming and going without the mosquito noticing.'" Both characters are classified under the radical 虫; 麼 is pronounced with the fanqie 魔跛 [mó + bǒ = ma]; 麼 means minute; 革 is pronounced with the fanqie 矜憶 [jīn + yì = jí]).