娩

miǎn
#4,133 most
frequent character
to give birth to a child

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

娩 has 女 woman as a picture part and 免 miǎn for sound. It first meant childbirth. Read miǎn, it grew to mean to give birth; read wǎn, it means tactful or agreeable, borrowed only for sound.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

娩wǎn
complaisant, agreeable

Homophones

免miǎn
to waive

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