一切經音義 66.73

66.73

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).