一切經音義 81.161

81.161

Infants and babies (孩嬰: the upper character is hái + āi [hái]; Gu Yewang says: "孩 means an infant." The lower is yǐng + yíng [yīng]; Shiming says: "At the beginning of human life, an infant held before the breast is called 嬰; it means carrying it before the breast and nursing it." Shuowen: "Derived from 女 [woman] with 賏 as phonetic; 賏 has the same sound as above." In the transmission, written as 孾, which is incorrect).