壬

the ninth heavenly stem

An ancient variant of work 工 with a line in the center 一: a burden; a task. It is described as an associative compound: a person carrying loads on a pole. See it as two loads on a carry pole 工 with head in the middle 壬 - load, hence its other meaning of pregnant. by Abberube

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