Upside-down 子 (child). Depicts a child being born.
Character Evolution
Component uses
說文解字
《說文》：“，不順忽出也。从到子。《易》曰：‘突如其來如。’不孝子突出，不容於內也。，或从到古文子，即《易》突字。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)