一切經音義 92.44

92.44

綢繆 (The first character has the fanqie phonetic spelling 宙 [zhòu] + 留 [liú], [chóu]. The Mao Commentary to the Shijing says: "'Chóumiù' is like intertwined and bound tightly." The Shuowen says: "It takes 糸 [silk] as its radical and 周 as its phonetic component." The second character has the fanqie phonetic spelling 美 [měi] + 憂 [yōu], [miù]. The Shuowen says: "'Miù' means the ten bindings of hemp. It takes 糸 [silk] as its radical and 翏 as its phonetic component." The phonetic reading of 翏 is 力 [lì] + 救 [jiù], [liù]; the phonetic reading of 潔 is 結 [jié]).