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336.	曷	為	人	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	how can you become men?
	Ho²	wei²	jen²
	How	become	man

Ho is composed of 曰 yüeh to speak and an obsolete phonetic meaning vapour.

Wei see line 24.

Jen see line 1. [Père Zottoli has for this line "qui diceris homo," as though he had mistaken 爲 for 謂.]

337.	蠶	吐	絲	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	The silkworm produces silk,
	Ts'an²	t'u³	ssŭ¹
	Silkworm	vomit	silk

Ts'an is composed of 虫 ch'ung insect, doubled, with a common phonetic.

T'u is composed of 口 k'ou mouth, with 土 t'u earth as phonetic.

Ssŭ see line 87.

338.	蜂	釀	蜜	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	the bee makes honey.
	Fêng¹	niang⁴	mi⁴
	Bee	ferment	honey

Fêng is composed of 虫 ch'ung insect as radical, with a common phonetic (line 325). It is a generic term for wasps, bees, hornet etc. [The colloquial term for a bee is 蜜蜂 mi fêng; 蜂蜜 fêng mi is honey.]

Niang is composed of 酉 yu which originally meant to make spirit or wine in the 8th moon when the millet is ripe, and is often used as radical in characters connected with wine, with a common phonetic (line 38).

Mi is composed of 虫 ch'ung insect as radical, with a common phonetic (line 309).