妊 (rèn): to be pregnant; pregnancy

Meanings

妊妇应该定期检查。

Rèn fù yīnggāi dìngqī jiǎnchá.

Pregnant women should have regular check-ups.

妊娠过程很顺利。

Rènshēn guòchéng hěn shùnlì.

The pregnancy is going smoothly.

usage

Most common in 妊娠 (pregnancy), a formal medical term. Everyday speech prefers 怀孕.

radical

女 nǚ

woman

The woman radical drives the meaning: pregnancy is a condition of the female body, so the character is filed under 女.

phonetic

壬 rén

the ninth heavenly stem

Supplies the reading rèn directly; it serves purely as the sound element beside the woman radical.

妊 rèn