妊
- pregnancy, conception;
Etymology
Formed as a phono-semantic compound:
女 (woman, female) provides the semantic component.
壬 (the Heavenly Stem 임, “north/ren”) provides the phonetic element.
Thus the character conveys the idea of a woman bearing life.
An alternate form 姙 replaces 壬 with 任 (“to entrust”), but the meaning remains the same.
Usage in Korean
임신 (妊娠) — pregnancy
산모 (妊婦) — pregnant woman
Alternative forms
姙
妊
아이밸
임
aibael
im
Kangxi radical:38, 女 + 4
Strokes:7
Unicode:U+598A
Cangjie input:
- 女竹土 (VHG)
Composition:
- ⿰ 女 壬