yùn
be pregnant
Pictograph of a pregnant woman (身) with a child (子) inside of her body.
Components
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 孕
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
pregnant | ||
pregnant woman | ||
pregnant | ||
condom | ||
to be pregnant |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*l[i]ŋ-s | yingH | yùn | pregnant |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 19.2375% of movies
1216th most common character in movies
2094th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 5 |
Unicode | U+5B55 |
Shuowen | “孕，褢子也。从子，从几。” |
Sources
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