怀孕

huáiyùn · HSK 7

with child

🤰 怀 embrace/bosom + 孕 conceive = embracing a child inside = pregnant

怀 means to carry close to the chest; 孕 is the character for being with child. 孕 itself stacks a shape over 子 (child), marking a body that holds a child within.

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