一切經音義 96.25

96.25

婉孌: The first character has the fanqie phonetic notation yuan (冤) + ruan (阮). The Mao Commentary to the Shijing states: '婉 means yielding and compliant; it also denotes an attractive appearance.' Du's commentary on the Zuozhuan states: 'It means restrained.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'Analyzed as following the semantic component "woman" (女) and the phonetic component wan (宛).' The second character has the fanqie phonetic notation lie (劣) + zhuan (囀). The Zishu states: '孌 describes a gentle, compliant appearance.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'It means to admire or long for. Analyzed as following the semantic component "woman" (女) and the phonetic component luan (䜌); 䜌 has the fanqie phonetic notation lie (劣) + zhuan (專).'