續一切經音義 3.53

3.53

Rhinoceros (犀牛: the first character is pronounced 西 [xī]. The Erya says: "The rhinoceros resembles a swine." Guo Pu's commentary says: "It resembles a water buffalo, with the head of a pig, a large belly, short legs, three hooves on each foot, black in color, and three horns: one horn atop the head, one horn on the forehead, and one horn on the nose. The one on the nose is the horn used for feeding; it is small and not pointed, and [the animal] likes eating thorns. There is also a one-horned variety." It is formed with 牛 [ox] as the radical and the abbreviated form of 尾 as the phonetic component. In scripture texts it is written as [尸@丰], which is an error. 橢 has the fanqie 他果 [ta + guo / tuǒ].)