毓

• 育

毓 (Kangxi radical 80, 毋+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 人卜卜戈山 (OYYIU), four-corner 8051₃, composition ⿰每㐬)

1. give birth to
2. bring up, educate

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 590, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16740
• Dae Jaweon: page 982, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2384, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6BD3

Pictogram (象形) : 每 + 㐬 – a woman giving birth. A woman 每 squatting on left, with child head down on right 㐬. The top part of 㐬 is 子 inverted, an abstracted body with a head at the bottom; compare 充. The lines (川) below head are amniotic fluid coming out.

A later alternative form is 育.

Alternately considered a Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *luɡ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 每 (“woman”) + phonetic 𠫓 (, “child”) + semantic 川 (“amniotic fluid”).

毓

1. (formal) to give birth; to procreate; to foster; to rear; to bring up

   alt. forms: 育

2. a surname

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 育)

1. kyūjitai form of 育

• On (unclassified): いく (iku)
• Kun: そだてる (sodateru)

毓 (eum 육 (yuk))

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毓: Hán Nôm readings: dục

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