一切經音義 7.117

7.117

Pregnant (huaiyun 懷孕: the upper word is [pronounced with the fanqie] heng + guai [huai]. Kong's commentary on the Lunyu says: 'Huai 懷 means at peace; it also says: huai means to return.' Zheng's commentary on the Zhouli says: 'Huai means to come.' In ancient script the standard character is categorized under woman 女 as 㜳, 㜳 being the character for gestation (ren 妊). The lower word is [pronounced with the fanqie] yi + zheng [yun]. Zheng Xuan on the Liji says: 'Ren 妊 (pronounced ren 壬); being pregnant with a child is called yun 孕.' The Guangya says: 'Yun means carrying within the body' (pronounced shen 身). The Shuowen says: 'Carrying a child; it is categorized under nai 乃 and takes child 子 as phonetic.' The character [㑗] is pronounced shen 身.).