一切經音義 36.168

36.168

Crossing wrists (交腕: the lower character [腕 is pronounced] 剜 + 換 fanqie; the sūtra writes it with 肉 as 腕, a popular character; the Shuowen says it is the joint behind the palm; the standard form is composed of 手 'hand' and 叉; the ancient graph for claw is composed of 目 'eye', an associative compound).