Definitions
(literary) to produce; to foster; to nurture
Etymology phono-semantic
mother
Semantic:
母
About
The character 毓, in its traditional form, derives from an early pictographic representation of childbirth, structurally integrating components that evoke a mother figure, a flowing substance, and a child to visually conceptualize the act of parturition. Its original meaning was specifically "to give birth" or "to produce", but through semantic extension in classical usage, it acquired broader connotations of nurturing, fostering, and cultivating, applicable to both offspring and abstract qualities like virtue or talent. While its graphical construction has maintained these core elements over time, the character's application shifted towards more literary or formal registers, emphasizing a sense of cultivated origin and development.
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李毓是我的朋友。
学校注重毓德教育。
这片森林毓养了许多动物。
我们学校致力于毓养优秀学生。
通过阅读我们可以毓养自己的心灵。
文化传承毓养了民族精神。
在老师的精心毓育下学生们都取得了进步。
社会应当为青少年提供毓养创造力的环境。