一切經音義 46.250

46.250

孅指（古文攕字書作纖同思廉反說文櫼好手皃也孅細銳也方言纖小也細也梁益之間凡物小謂之纖也）。

Xian zhi 孅指 (slender fingers: ancient character is 攕; character dictionaries write it as 纖; si + lian fan; Shuowen states: "Xian (櫼) is the appearance of beautiful hands." Xian means fine and pointed. Fangyan states: "Xian means small; fine. Between Liang and Yi, whatever thing is small is called xian").