一切經音義 70.203

70.203

中夭（又作𡝩同於矯反說文夭屈也廣疋夭折也如物夭折中也字從大象形不申也又不盡天年謂之夭字意也）。

中夭 Dying young midway (also written as 𡝩, identical; yú + jiǎo fanqie. Shuowen: 夭 means bent. Guangya: 夭 means broken prematurely, like things broken midway. The character is composed of 大 picturing a person not uprightly stretched. Not fulfilling one's natural lifespan is also called 夭, which is the meaning of the character).