miǎnwǎn

give birth child

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

woman

免 sound component

  Sound component

miǎnwèn

  

(hat), avoid

Evolution

娩 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
娩 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
娩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
娩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

miǎn

give birth child; complaisant; to give birth to a child

 

wǎn

agreeable

Most common words with 娩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

分娩

labor

complaisant