續一切經音義 4.19

4.19

蠶繭（上雜含反說文紝絲也從䖵朁聲經文作蝅蠶非或作蚕音天顯反蚯蚓之類甚乖字義下古典反說文從虫糸芇像繭蛾之形三啟經云譬如蠶作繭吐絲還自縛也經作蠒非本字也）。

Silkworm cocoon (蠶繭: for the upper, zá + hán [cán]; the Shuowen says, "To spin silk; derived from 䖵 with 朁 as phonetic." The sūtra text writes it as 蝅 or 蠶, which is incorrect; or writes it as 蚕, pronounced tiān + xiǎn [tiǎn], a kind of earthworm, which departs greatly from the character's meaning. For the lower, gǔ + diǎn [jiǎn]; the Shuowen derives it from 虫, 糸, and 𡵄, picturing the shape of a cocoon moth. The Sanqi jing says, "Just as a silkworm spinning a cocoon expels silk and binds itself." The sūtra writing it as 蠒 is not the original character).