一切經音義 99.165

99.165

Gentle and compliant (婉娩) (the first character is pronounced with the fanqie 冤遠 [yuān + yuǎn = wǎn]; the second character is pronounced with the fanqie 無返 [wú + fǎn = wǎn]: the Kaosheng says, "婉娩 describes the gentle and compliant deportment of a woman." Zheng [Xuan]'s commentary to the Liji says, "娩 means charming." The Shuowen says, "婉 means compliant"; both characters are classified under the radical 女. The Collected [Edition] writes the second character with the radical 曰 as 晼; the 曰 section has no such character; 晚 means evening, and its deeper meaning is unclear here).