一切經音義 63.33

63.33

撚綫（上年典反方言云續也顧野王云謂相接續也說文從手然聲下先箭反鄭玄注周禮云綫縷也禮記云右佩箴管綫也文字典說綫針綫從糸戔聲戔音殘律從泉作線俗字也）。

撚綫 Twisting thread (the first character is nian + dian [niǎn]; the Fangyan says: "To join together." Gu Yewang says: "It means splicing together." The Shuowen: "[The character] derives from 'hand' with 'ran' phonetic." The second character is xian + jian [xiàn]; Zheng Xuan's commentary on the Zhouli says: "'Xian' means thread." The Liji says: "At the right [side of the belt] one suspends a needle case and thread." The Wenzidian shuo says: "'Xian' refers to sewing thread; [the character] derives from 'silk' with 'chan' phonetic; chan has the sound cán. In the Vinaya text it is written with 'spring' as 線, which is a vulgar character").