一切經音義 78.51

78.51

僂伸（上力主反左傳傴也廣雅曲也從人從縷省聲也下音申周易屈以求伸說文屈伸也從人申聲）。

To bend and stretch (僂伸) (the upper character is [pronounced] 力 + 主 [lì-zhǔ > lǚ]; the Zuo zhuan says: "hunchbacked"; the Guangya says: "bent"; it takes the "person" radical [人] and has 縷 abbreviated for phonetic; the lower character has the sound 申 [shēn]; the Book of Changes states: "Bending in order to seek extension"; the Shuowen jiezi says: "to bend and stretch"; it takes the "person" radical [人] and has 申 for phonetic).