續一切經音義 8.135

8.135

撚綫（上年典反方言云撚續也倉頡篇云搓綫也從手然聲下又作線俗作綖音私箭反說文云縷綫也周禮云線人掌王宮縫線之事也以伇女御也）。

Niǎnxiàn (twisting thread) (the first character has the fanqie nián + diǎn. The Fangyan says: "Niǎn means to splice/continue." The Cangjie pian says: "To rub and twist thread." Formed with the "hand" radical and rán phonetic. The second character is also written as 線, popularly as 綖, with the fanqie sī + jiàn. The Shuowen jiezi says: "Strand of thread." The Rites of Zhou says: "The thread manager oversees the sewing and thread work of the royal palace, employing maidservants").