續一切經音義 10.21

10.21

Broken cord (隤紐: the first character is [pronounced with the fanqie] tu + lei; the Guangya says that tui means "to ruin"; the Han text of the Shijing says it means "to leave behind"; the Kaosheng says it means an object falling downward; the Shuowen says it is formed from mound [阜] with gui as phonetic; the second character is [pronounced with the fanqie] nü + jiu; the Shuowen says it means silk, a knot that can be untied, formed from silk [系] with chou as phonetic).