一切經音義 30.154

30.154

嬰兒 (yīng ér: the upper is yì-yíng fanqie. The Cangjie pian says: 'A female child is called yīng; a male child is called ér.' The Shiming says: 'A newborn is called yīng'ér; before the breast is called yīng, meaning held close to the front of the breast to be nursed.' Zheng's commentary on the Liji says: 'Yīng means an infant (yī'ér).' The Shuowen says it is derived from 女 (woman) with 賏 as phonetic. The sound of 賏 is the same as above; the sound of 嫛 is yī-xī fanqie).