Dong Chinese dictionary

yùn

be pregnant

Pictograph of a pregnant woman (身) with a child (子) inside of her body.

Components

身 Iconic component

shēn

body

Depicts a woman with her uterus emphasized. Modern form looks like unrelated 乃.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 身 than it was in ancient scripts.

子 Iconic component

zi, zǐ

child

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yùn

be pregnant, pregnancy; pregnant

Most common words with 孕

Sources