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娩

miǎn, wǎn

give birth child

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 免 represents the sound.

Components
女 meaning component

女  Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

免 sound component

免  Sound component

miǎn, wèn

  

(hat), avoid

Evolution

娩 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
娩 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
娩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
娩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

娩  

miǎn

give birth child; complaisant; to give birth to a child

娩  

wǎn

agreeable

Most common words with 娩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

分娩

labor

娩

complaisant

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.4096% of movies

3011th most common character in movies

4144th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+5A29

Shuowen

“，生子免身也。从子，从免。”


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