續一切經音義 8.135

English (machine translation) 8.135

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8.135

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").

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