續一切經音義 3.161

3.161

珂貝（上恪何反玉篇珂螺屬也出於海者其白如雪所以纓馬膺也下博蓋反亦珂類也爾雅曰貝居陸𧷼在水者蜬郭注云水陸異名貝中肉如科斗但有頭尾耳說文貝像形案貝古者用以市物也故財貨買賣之流皆從貝也𧷼音標蜬音含也）。

珂貝 (The first character has the fanqie ke + he. The Yupian says: 'A kind of conch; those that come from the sea are white as snow and are used to adorn the breast of horses.' The second character has the fanqie bo + gai; it is also of the cowrie class. The Erya says: 'Land-dwelling cowries are called biao; water-dwelling ones are called han.' Guo's commentary says: 'Land and water forms have different names. The flesh within the cowrie is like a tadpole, having only a head and tail.' The Shuowen jiezi says: '貝 is pictographic.' On examination, cowries were used in antiquity for market trade; therefore, words relating to wealth, goods, buying, and selling all derive from "cowrie". 𧷼 has the sound biao; 蜬 has the sound han).