一切經音義 66.73

66.73

胎卵（上泰來反淮南子云婦孕四月而胎也蒼頡篇云胎謂未生也廣雅云三月為胎也說文亦云婦孕三月也從肉台聲也下鸞短反考聲云烏子未分也說文云凡命無乳者卵生也象形字也）。

Womb-born and egg-born (胎卵; the upper character [胎] is fanqie 泰來. The Huainanzi says: 'When a woman is four months pregnant, it forms an embryo (胎).' The Cangjie pian says: '胎 refers to what is not yet born.' The Guangya says: 'At three months it is an embryo (胎).' The Shuowen also says: 'A woman's pregnancy at three months.' It is composed with 'flesh' (肉) as semantic and 台 as phonetic. The lower character [卵] is fanqie 鸞短. The Kaosheng says: 'An unhatched bird fledgling.' The Shuowen says: 'All living beings that lack breasts are egg-born.' It is a pictographic character).