一切經音義 13.159

13.159

中殀（央矯反杜注左傳短折曰殀舊音義亦云不盡天年曰殀說文夭屈也從大頭曲象形從歹音殘夭聲也從犬者非也）。

中殀 (Dying prematurely: [殀 has] the fanqie 央矯 [yǎo]. Du’s commentary on the Zuo zhuan says: “Being broken short is called 殀.” Old sounds and meanings also say: “Not exhausting one’s allotted lifespan is called 殀.” The Shuowen says: “夭 means bent.” It is composed of 大 with a bent head as a pictograph, and 歹 (sound 殘 [cán]) with 夭 as phonetic. Writing it with 犬 is incorrect.)