一切經音義 14.150

14.150

綢雨（逐留反廣雅綢纏也韜也考聲纏束也從糸周聲或作稀稠之稠為稠字於義亦通也）。

Dense continuous rain (綢雨: [the character 綢 (dense / bind)] is 逐 [zhu] + 留 [liu] [chóu]. The Guangya says: '綢 means wrapped; sheathed.' The Kaosheng says: 'Bound and tied.' Composed of the silk radical (糸) with 周 as phonetic. It is also written as the 稠 in 'dense and sparse' (稀稠); reading it as 稠 is also acceptable in meaning).