續一切經音義 6.139

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斷緒（上徒管反切韻絕也說文截也從斤㡭會意字㡭古文絕字繼字亦從　經文作斷省略或作斷俗用也下徐呂反引緒也切韻由緒也字書續也又繭緒也從糸著省聲）。

Severing thread (斷緒: the first [character] is *duan*, fanqie 徒管. The Qieyun says: 'To sever.' The Shuowen jiezi says: 'To cut.' Derived from 斤 and 㡭; an associative compound. 㡭 is an ancient script form of the character 絕 (to cut off); the character 繼 is also derived from it. In the sūtra text it is written as 斷, an abbreviation, or written as 斷, a vulgar usage. The second [character] is *xu*, fanqie 徐呂; to draw out a thread. The Qieyun says: 'Beginning of a thread.' Character dictionaries say: 'To continue; also, silk-cocoon thread.' Derived from the silk radical 糸 with an abbreviated 著 as phonetic).