續一切經音義 5.13

5.13

緬尋（上綿典反賈注國語反緬思也說文微絲也從糸面聲下徐林反字書常也考聲覓也逐也字從⺕音手從口工寸會意也）。

緬尋: The upper [character is read with the] fanqie mian + dian. Jia's Commentary to the Guoyu states: 'Mian (緬) means to think of.' The Shuowen jiezi states: 'A fine thread; formed from the silk radical (糸) with mian (面) providing the phonetic sound.' The lower [character is read with the] fanqie xu + lin. The character dictionaries state: 'Regular; constant.' The Kaosheng states: 'To search for; to pursue; the character is formed from ⺕ (pronounced shou, 'hand'), mouth (口), gong (工), and cun (寸); it is an ideographic compound.'