Amazing Chinese Characters (145) Pregnant - 孕

The shell bone script for character Pregnant is

a big belly with a child (shell bone script) inside.

which is pregnant.

Its big seal script is

The top is 乃，meaning Breast. The bottom is a Child - 子  (Post 21). The child is not isolated in belly, just under the breast, which is a simplified picture of pregnant.

Its small seal script is

similar to the big seal script.

Its clerical script is

which is similar to the current standard printing script

孕

Its Pinyin is Yun4.