孕

孕 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸弓木 (NSND), four-corner 1740₇, composition ⿱乃子)

• 㚺 䱆 𠱆 𢘩 𢫡 𥩯 𥿱 𨀊 𨈯 𨸳 𡦆 𡥸 𡲪 𡦔 𤁛 𫭧 𬚕 𫲬 𭔤

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 277, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6938
• Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1009, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5B55

Historical forms of the character 孕
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a pregnant woman with a fetus.

孕

1. to be pregnant

   • 婦孕不育，失其道也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     妇孕不育，失其道也。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Fù yùn bù yù, shī qí dào yě. [Pinyin]

     "A wife is pregnant, but will not nourish her child:" - she has failed in her [proper] course.

2. foetus
3. to contain
   • 815, 白居易 [Bai Juyi], 與元九書 [Letter to Yuan Zhen]:

     於是乎孕大含深，貫微洞密，上下通而一氣泰，憂樂合而百志熙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     于是乎孕大含深，贯微洞密，上下通而一气泰，忧乐合而百志熙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Yúshìhū yùn dà hán shēn, guàn wēi dòng mì, shàng xià tōng ér yī qì tài, yōu yuè hé ér bǎi zhì xī. [Pinyin]

     Therefore, it contains great and profound [truths]; it penetrates the minute and pierces the hidden; the emperor and his subjects communicate unobstructed and the qi of the world is peaceful; people unite in sorrow and joy, and all their feelings are harmonious.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: よう (yō)
• Kan-on: よう (yō)
• Kun: はらむ (haramu, 孕む)

孕 • (ing) (hangeul 잉, revised ing, McCune–Reischauer ing)

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孕: Hán Nôm readings: dựng, dằng, dửng, rặng, nững, dững

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