續一切經音義 1.84

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Butterflies (蛺蝶: the first character has the fanqie 兼葉 [jiá]. The second character has the fanqie 恬頰 [dié]. The Shuowen says: "Name of an insect; also called butterfly (胡蝶); that which Zhuang Zhou dreamed of." Both characters are formed from 虫 (insect; 虫 has the fanqie 許鬼 [huǐ]) with 夾 and 枼 as phonetic components. 夾 has the fanqie 古洽 [jiá]; 枼 has the pronunciation 葉 [yè]).

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