一切經音義 45.151

45.151

童齔（測靳反鄭注禮記云毀齒也說文男八月生齒故八歲齔女七月生齒故七歲毀齒也字從齒七）。

Child shedding milk teeth (童齔: second character [齔] is ce plus jin fanqie [chèn]. Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: "Shedding milk teeth." The Shuowen says: "A boy cuts teeth at eight months, hence sheds them at eight years; a girl cuts teeth at seven months, hence sheds them at seven years." The character is composed of 'teeth' [齒] and 'seven' [七]).