續一切經音義 1.43

1.43

Fine hair and minute fraction (毫𣯛: the upper character has the fanqie 胡高; the lower character has the fanqie 力馳. The Jiuzhang suanshu says: "The beginning of all measures starts with a minute dust (hū); ten hū make a silk thread (sī); ten sī make a fine hair (háo); ten háo make a lí (𣯛)." The Shuowen says: "The two characters háo and lí are both formed with [the semantic element] máo (毛). The character háo is formed with háo (豪) abbreviated; the character lí is formed with lí (𣺶) abbreviated." In the sūtra text they are written as 豪𱤉, both characters being erroneous).