襁褓

襁褓

1. swaddling clothes

   • 蓋聞母后之義，思不出乎門閾，國不蒙佑，皇帝年在襁褓，未任親政，戰戰兢兢，懼於宗廟之不安。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     盖闻母后之义，思不出乎门阈，国不蒙佑，皇帝年在襁褓，未任亲政，战战兢兢，惧于宗庙之不安。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 2 CE, Wang Zhengjun, an edict to officials

     Gài wén mǔhòu zhī yì, sī bù chūhū ményù, guó bù méng yòu, huángdì nián zài qiǎngbǎo, wèi rèn qīnzhèng, zhànzhànjīngjīng, jù yú zōngmiào zhī bù'ān. [Pinyin]

     Verily, I have heard that according to the moral principles as the mother of a ruler, her thoughts should not go outside the threshold of the door. Since the state has not received Heaven's blessing and the Emperor is of the age when he is in swaddling-clothes and is not yet capable of governing in person, I have trembled with apprehension, fearing that the imperial ancestral temples would not be tranquil.

2. (figurative) infancy; babyhood; early childhood; early stages

• (swaddling clothes): 毛衫 (máoshān); (Hokkien) 花帕

襁褓(むつき) • (mutsuki) 

1. swaddling clothes; diaper, nappy; loincloth^[1]

御(お) (o-) + 湿(し)め (shime).^[2]

襁褓(おしめ) • (oshime) 

1. diaper