續一切經音義 1.23

1.23

聾瘂（上祿東反左傳云耳不聽五音之和謂之聾杜預云聾暗也說文從耳龍形聲也經文作韻不成字也下鵶賈反考聲云不能言也雖有聲而無辭也古今正字瘂瘖也說文從疒疒音女厄反亞聲也經文從口作啞音厄笑聲也非經義）。

Deaf and mute (聾瘂: the upper character has the fanqie 祿東. The Zuo zhuan says: "When the ears do not hear the harmony of the five tones, it is called deaf." Du Yu says: "Deaf means darkened [in hearing]." The Shuowen says: "It is formed with [the semantic element] 'ear' (耳) and [the phonetic element] lóng (龍); a phono-semantic character." In the sūtra text it is written as 韻, which does not form the proper character. The lower character has the fanqie 鵶賈. The Kaosheng says: "Unable to speak; though having voice, one is without words." The Gujin zhengzi says: "瘂 means dumb (瘖)." The Shuowen says: "It is formed with [the semantic element] nǐ (疒; fanqie 女厄) and [the phonetic element] yà (亞)." In the sūtra text it is written with 'mouth' (口) as 啞, pronounced è, meaning the sound of laughing, which is not the meaning intended in the sūtra).