一切經音義 63.33

English (machine translation) 63.33

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63.33

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").

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一切經音義 — 慧琳, Classical Chinese