一切經音義 7.132

7.132

卵㲉（上郎管反說文云凡物無乳者卵生行者胎生有問者曰魚豈飛物何得卵生答曰鳥浮於雲魚浮於水亦類也古文作[丱-(〡*┘)+(巳-口+?)]篆書作[兆-?+?]象形字下苦角反集訓云鳥卵皮曰㲉考聲云卵空皮也從卵殼聲殼苦角反）。

Eggshell (luanqiao 卵㲉: the upper word is [pronounced with the fanqie] lang + guan [luan]. The Shuowen says: 'All creatures without milk are born from eggs; walking creatures are born from wombs.' A questioner asked: 'How is it that fish, not being flying creatures, are born from eggs?' The answer is: 'Birds float upon the clouds, and fish float upon the water; they are of the same kind.' In ancient script it is written [丱-(〡*┘)+(巳-口+?)]; in seal script it is written [兆-?+?], a pictographic character. The lower word is [pronounced with the fanqie] ku + jiao [qiao]. The Jixun says: 'The skin of a bird's egg is called qiao 㲉.' The Kaosheng says: 'The empty skin of an egg; it is categorized under egg 卵 and takes qiao 殼 as phonetic; ke 殼 is pronounced ku + jiao [qiao].').