一切經音義 77.60

77.60

嫈嫇（上[尸@乙]莖反下麥耕反考聲云嫈嫇下里婦人貌也嫇嫇亦小人皃也說文嫈小心態也從女榮省聲嫇從女冥聲也）。

嫈嫇 [young and frail woman / delicate] (The first character has the fanqie [尸@乙]莖 [yīng]; the second character has the fanqie 麥耕 [míng]. The Kaosheng says: '嫈嫇 is the appearance of a woman of humble rustic origin; 嫇嫇 also means the appearance of an insignificant person.' The Shuowen jiezi says: '嫈 means a prudent posture; derived from 女 with the abbreviated 榮 as phonetic. 嫇 is derived from 女 with 冥 as phonetic').