摘 要 本文說明衣袖因取義之異，可以有不同的名稱。衣袖之稱有取義於胳腋者， 因此稱為「」或「袼」。有取義於如斧柄之歧出者，因此稱為「袔」。有取義於 旁出相違離之形者，因此稱為「袪」。有取義於缺口開張者，因此稱為「袂」。有 取義於如穗之伸長而出、柔順下垂者，因此稱為「褎」。有取義於柔順能曲折者， 因此稱為「」。 由於同族詞具有語詞滋生的親屬關係，因此利用詞族的音義網絡，可以對語 詞的語義構成和來源有較好的掌握，並有效判斷方言詞的系屬問題。本文利用詞 族研究的觀點和方法，探討幾個衣袖名稱的來源，並判斷「」雖是江東地區的 方言詞，但因「」「琬」「婉」同樣滋生自「宛」，而「宛」「琬」「婉」常見於古 漢語文獻，因此同族詞「」也理當系屬漢語。

Abstract There are many words relating to “sleeve” in Chinese. This paper explicates, from the perspective of etymological relationship, how these words got their original meaning. It is argued that word like 「」 was used to designate the “armpit” part of a sleeve because the graph 「夜」shared the sound and meaning of “armpit” . By the same token, the words「袔」「袪」「袂」「褎」「」 were derived from the root words which had the meaning of “a divergent branch”, “departure”, “an opening”, “to hang down”, “to bend, to curve” respectively. It also argues that the same methodology could be applied to the identification of indigenous words. For instance, although 「」was documented only in Eastern Yantze area, judging from the etymological connection it bears, the word must be indigenous to Old Chinese.