一切經音義 99.35

99.35

Chirping cicada 鳴蟬 (pronounced [時 + 然] *chán*. The Yueling states: "In the midsummer month, cicadas begin to chirp, their sound clear and bright." Ying Shao's commentary to the Hanshu says: "The cicada perches high and eats cleanly; its eyes are under its wings." The Shuowen says: "That which chirps with its flanks." It takes 虫 [insect] as radical and 單 as phonetic. In the anthology it is written with 玄 as 蚿, pronounced *xián*. The Kaosheng states: "*Xian* refers to a centipede; it does not have the meaning of a chirping cicada").