一切經音義 6.21

6.21

纖長 ("slender and long": the upper character has the fanqie 相閻 [xiān] and was explained earlier. The lower character has the fanqie 丈良 [cháng]. Shuowen says: "Far-reaching and enduring." It is composed of 兀—兀 conveys the sense of high and distant—and from 上; persisting long, it changes and transforms; and it is composed of an inverted 亡. The above all explain the seal script character 長, which is an associative compound.)