續一切經音義 7.24

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虎狼 (The upper character is 呼 + 古 [hǔ]; the Shuowen says: "The king among mountain beasts"; the Huainanzi says: "When the tiger roars, the valley wind arises"; it is formed from 人 (person) with 虍 as phonetic; 虍 is pronounced 呼 [hū]; because the tiger's paws resemble human hands, it is formed with 人; some write [虎-儿+八], a taboo-avoidance form which does not make a proper character; another writes 𧆞, a popular altered form that is irregular. The lower character is 魯 + 堂 [láng]; the Shuowen says: "Resembles a dog with white jowls and a sharp head"; the Erya says: "The female wolf is called bìng; her whelp is called an xiào"; 獥 is pronounced 胡 + 狄 [xí]).