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-<WL>婴(F嬰) [yīng] 婴儿 yīng'ér baby, infant  [yìng] cf. 嬰
+<WL>婴(F嬰) [yīng] baby/infant (婴儿 yīng'ér); (古) necklace@@  [yìng] cf. 嬰
-From 賏 yìng phonetic over 女 (nǚ) ‘woman’.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 婴/嬰(􂋛) yīng ‘necklace; tie round’ combines 女 (nǚ) ‘woman’, and 賏(􁅎) yìng ‘cowrie-shell necklace’ (phonosemantic).
-	婴 is the phonetic component in several characters: 樱缨撄嘤璎鹦瘿…
+	Note: Formerly 婴/嬰 yīng ‘necklace’, today 婴/嬰 yīng ‘baby/infant’ (infant/nursing babe as neck ornament).
+	Compare: 缨/纓(􂑽) yīng ‘hat chin strap’, 嘤/嚶(􀏺), 鹦/鸚(􀪞), 瘿/癭(􁑙), 璎/瓔, 樱/櫻, 撄/攖.
 #rK.AD288,289 D.2.1059.2 B.194.0.04 E.0
-#c贝女
+#c贝女賏
 #y ying\
 #0
 </WL>