一切經音義 4.70

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纖長（相鹽反廣雅纖微也方言小也說文細也從系韱聲又說韱字下從非箋聲也箋音接閻反二人從从音從戈經從土從非作[韱-(人*人)]不成字也下丈良反鄭箋詩云長遠也廣雅常也說文久也從兀兀高遠意也從匕音化久則化變也上從𰀄亾聲也倒書字亾也篆書古體作[巢-果+(厂@(夕*ㄆ))]今隸書作長上俗云字也兀化在下皆變體不可辯也）。

Slender and long (纖長: [纖 is] pronounced *x[iang]* + *[y]an* [xiān]. The *Guangya* says: "*Xian* means minute." The *Fangyan* says: "Small." The *Shuowen [jiezi]* says: "Fine." It is classified under silk (糸) with *xian* (韱) phonetic. Another explanation says of the character 韱 that it is classified below under *fei* (非) with *jian* (箋) phonetic; *jian* is pronounced *j[ie]* + *[y]an* [jiān]; two people follow each other, pronounced *c[ong]* [cóng], and it has *ge* (戈). In the sūtra it is written with earth (土) and *fei* (非) as [韱-(人*人)], which does not form a character. The lower character [長] is pronounced *zh[ang]* + *[l]iang* [cháng]. Zheng [Xuan]'s commentary to the *Odes* says: "*Chang* means distant." The *Guangya* says: "Constant." The *Shuowen [jiezi]* says: "Enduring." It is classified under *wu* (兀); *wu* conveys the sense of high and distant. It is also classified under *bi* (匕), pronounced *h[ua]* [huà]; after a long time things transform. Above, it is classified under 𰀄, with *wang* (亾) phonetic; *wang* (亾) is a reversed character. In ancient Seal script it was written [巢-果+(厂@(夕*ㄆ))]; in modern clerical script it is written 長, with the upper part like the vulgar character 云; *wu* and *hua* below have both become variant shapes that can no longer be distinguished).