續一切經音義 8.57

8.57

Deaf and mute (聾瘂: the first character is [pronounced] 祿東 [lóng]; the Zuo zhuan says: "Ears not hearing the harmony of the five tones is called deaf." Du's commentary says: "Deaf and unenlightened." The Cang Jie pian says: "Ears not hearing." The Shuowen says: "It is composed of 耳 (ear) with 龍 phonetic." The second character is [pronounced] 鵶賈 [yǎ]; the Kaosheng says: "The mouth unable to speak." The Gujin zhengzi says: "瘂 means mute. It is composed of 疒 with 亞 phonetic; 疒 is [pronounced] 女厄 [nè]." In the Vinaya text it is written with 口 as 啞, pronounced 厄 [yā]; the Book of Changes says: "Laughter and speech yā-yā"; this is not the character for 'deaf and mute').