孕 (yùn) — to be pregnant, carry a child; to gestate

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孕 character · TOCFL B1 (est.)

孕＝乃＋子

ㄩㄣˋ · yùn

verb — to be pregnant, carry a child; to gestate

字源 FORM — what the parts do

乃形the curve of a swollen belly, the body wrapping round

子義a child, held inside

A child (子) tucked inside the curve of the belly (乃) — wrapping the little one in the body. To carry, to be with child, and from there to gestate, to bring forth: 懷孕、孕婦、孕育.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

圓圓的肚子（乃）裡，安安穩穩裹著一個孩子（子）。

Inside the round of the belly (乃), a child (子) is wrapped up safe.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)懷孕、孕婦— to be pregnant; a pregnant woman常用

→孕育— to nurture into being, gestate

⇒孕期— the term of pregnancy

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension