U+5B55, 孕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B55

[U+5B54]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5B56]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 39, 子+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 弓尸弓木 (NSND), four-corner 17407, composition )

Derived characters

  • 𠱆 𢘩 𢫡 𥩯 𥿱 𨀊 𨈯 𨸳 𡦆 𡥸 𡲪 𡦔 𤁛 𫭧 𬚕 𫲬 𭔤

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 277, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6938
  • Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1009, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5B55

Chinese

simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a pregnant woman with a fetus.

Etymology

Compare (OC *leŋ, “to fill; full, surplus”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • īn/ūn - vernacular;
  • ēng - literary.
    • (Teochew)
      • Peng'im: rêng6 / hêng6 / uêng6 / hung7
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jĕng / hĕng / uĕng / hūng
      • Sinological IPA (key): /d͡zeŋ³⁵/, /heŋ³⁵/, /ueŋ³⁵/, /huŋ¹¹/
Note:
  • rêng6/hêng6/uêng6 - literary:
    • rêng6 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
    • hêng6 - Chaozhou;
    • uêng6 - Jieyang, Chaoyang.
  • hung7 - vernacular.
Note:
  • yn5 - vernacular;
  • yn4 - literary.

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /yn⁵¹/
    Harbin /yn⁵³/
    Tianjin /yn⁵³/
    Jinan /yẽ²¹/
    Qingdao /yə̃⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /yn³¹²/
    Xi'an /iẽ⁴⁴/
    Xining /yə̃²¹³/
    Yinchuan /yŋ¹³/
    Lanzhou /ỹn¹³/
    Ürümqi /yŋ²¹³/
    Wuhan /yn³⁵/
    Chengdu /zuən¹³/
    Guiyang /zuen²¹³/
    Kunming /ĩ²¹²/
    Nanjing /yn⁴⁴/
    Hefei /yn⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /yəŋ⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /iŋ¹³/
    Hohhot /ĩŋ⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /ɦyŋ²³/
    /ɦioŋ²³/
    Suzhou /ɦyən³¹/
    Hangzhou /ɦin¹³/
    Wenzhou /jaŋ³¹/
    Hui Shexian /yʌ̃²²/
    Tunxi /yan⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /yn⁵⁵/
    /yn¹¹/
    Xiangtan /yn⁵⁵/
    Gan Nanchang /yn²¹/
    Hakka Meixian
    Taoyuan /in³¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /jɐn²²/
    Nanning /yn²²/
    Hong Kong /jɐn²²/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /iŋ²²/
    /in²¹/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ɛiŋ²⁴²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /iŋ⁴⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /zeŋ³⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /kua³³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (36)
    Final () (133)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter yingH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /jɨŋH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /jɨŋH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ieŋH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /jiŋH/
    Li
    Rong
    /iəŋH/
    Wang
    Li
    /jĭəŋH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /i̯əŋH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    yìng
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    jing6
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    yùn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ yingH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*l[i]ŋ-s/
    English pregnant

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 16475
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*lɯŋs/

    Definitions

    1. to be pregnant
    2. foetus
    3. to contain

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    • Go-on: よう ()
    • Kan-on: よう ()
    • Kun: はらむ (haramu, 孕む)

    Korean

    Hanja

    • (ing) (hangeul , revised ing, McCune–Reischauer ing)

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    : Hán Việt readings: dựng[1][2][3][4][5][6]
    : Nôm readings: dằng[1][2][3][4][6][7], dựng[1][2][3][5][6][7], dửng[1][3][4][6][7], rặng[1][2][3], dặng[2][6][7], dắng[1], dậng[5], dứng[6]

    1. chữ Nôm form of dằng (used in dùng dằng (to move reluctantly or indecisively))
    2. chữ Nôm form of dửng (uncaring, callous)
    3. chữ Nôm form of dựng (to erect; to raise)
    4. chữ Nôm form of rặng (row (of standing objects))

    Compounds

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Nguyễn (2014).
    2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
    3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Trần (2004).
    4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hồ (1976).
    5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bonet (1899).
    6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Génibrel (1898).
    7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).