Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Child (zǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 5 Page 277, Entry 14 Ancient script. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state the pronunciation is ying (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi states: To carry a child. Book of Changes (Yijing), Gradual Hexagram: A woman is pregnant but does not give birth. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Zhou: Jiang Yuan saw the footprint of a giant and wished to step in it; upon stepping in it, her body stirred as if pregnant. Book of Rites (Liji), Suburban Offering Ritual: Do not consume pregnant livestock. Commentary: Pregnant means carrying a child. Record of Music (Yueji): Creatures with feathers brood and hatch; creatures with fur are pregnant and raise their young. Also written interchangeably as ying. Guanzi, Chapter on the Four Seasons: In spring they gestate and nurture, in summer they grow and develop. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) notes it is sometimes written as a variant or another variant form.