to conceive, to be pregnant

female, woman, daughter

 (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 

to entrust, to assign responsibility, to bear a duty

 (“to entrust”), but the meaning remains the same.

임신 (妊娠) — pregnancy
산모 (妊婦) — pregnant woman

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Vocabulary

to report, to petition, to present or offer respectfully

to make a bond, to contract, to carve

to cover, to wrap, to encase, to put over

to be extravagant, luxurious, excessive

slave, servant, bondman

good, favorable, pleasant, to like, to be fond of

to resemble, to be like, as if, such as

queen, consort, wife, lady of rank

pregnancy, conception

subtle, exquisite, wonderful, marvelous

proper, appropriate, fitting

to envy, to be jealous

younger sister, female sibling

wife

concubine

elder sister, older female sibling

at first, for the first time, beginning, formerly

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妊

Etymology

Usage in Korean

Words that derived from 妊

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