bear (children)
娩 centers on the act of giving birth: bearing children. It is specifically associated with childbirth and delivery.
娩 combines 女 (woman) with 免, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of delivery or release. The exact historical development of 免 in this context is uncertain.
A woman 女 beside 免, which looks like a figure bending forward. Picture a woman in labor, bending forward as she bears a child.
For ベン, imagine a woman giving birth on a bench: bench -> ベン, and the scene ties to the kanji's meaning of bearing children.
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childbirth; delivery
high-risk delivery
date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date
delivery; parturition
(childbirth) delivery table; birthing table
maternity room; delivery room
time of delivery (of a child)
time of delivery (of a child)
lying-in bed
vacuum delivery
delivery with little pain (i.e. through the use of pain-reducing drugs excluding epidurals)
(a) multiple birth; childbirth resulting in twins, triplets, etc.
expulsion (of a baby)
expulsion stage (of labour); expulsive stage
delivery in a sitting position; giving birth sitting
couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born)
coffin birth; postmortem fetal extrusion
obstetric analgesia during labor and delivery (e.g. epidural); painless childbirth
abnormal delivery
childbirth with father of child present; delivery with husband present