Chinese character 袬

袬 carries 育’s sense of bringing forth and nurturing life. In Mandarin, both are read yù, with a falling tone. Chinese dictionaries classify 袬 as a variant of 育. The 衣 component belongs to its graph; it does not make 袬 a clothing character.

The related character 育 appears in inscriptions on oracle bones (animal bones and turtle shells) and bronze from the late Shang and Western Zhou; its senses include birth, raising, growth, and education. A font without coverage may render 袬 as a blank box.