續一切經音義 6.102

6.102

Rings and bracelets (鐶釧: the upper character is also written as 環, both with the fanqie *huàn* + *guān* [huán]; Zheng Xuan's commentary on the *Liji* says, "To encircle; to unite." The *Shuowen* says, "When the solid rim and the hollow hole of a jade disk are equal, it is called a *huán*." Guo Pu's commentary on the *Erya* says, "*Ròu* is the border, and *hào* is the hole; meaning the border and the hole are equal." The lower character has the fanqie *chuān* + *liàn* [chuàn]; the *Donggong jiushi* says, "A *chuàn* is an arm ornament." The *Gujin zhengzi* categorizes it under "metal" with *chuān* phonetic).