Dong Chinese dictionary

rèn

conceive

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 壬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 姙.

Components

女 Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

woman

壬 Sound component

rén

(thread spool),9th heavenly stem

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

rèn

conceive, be pregnant; pregnant; pregnancy

rèn

variant of 妊[rèn]

Most common words with 妊

Sources