續一切經音義 1.32

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1.32

Tiger and leopard (虎豹: the upper character has the fanqie 呼古. The Shuowen says: "The lord of beasts. Formed with [the semantic element] hū (虍; fanqie 呼) and [the semantic element] 'human' (人), because the tiger's feet resemble human feet." The lower character has the fanqie 包貌. The Shuowen says: "Resembling a tiger, with rounded markings and black rosettes, smaller than a tiger. The character is formed with [the semantic element] zhì (豸) and [the phonetic element] bāo (包) abbreviated. Zhì is pronounced zhì").

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