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Kanji Detail for 胎 - "womb, fetus"
胎
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Meaning
胎 means "womb, fetus." Also associated with pregnancy.
Womb - The organ where babies develop before birth.
Fetus - An unborn child.
Pregnancy - The state of carrying young.
Beginning - The origin; the start of something.
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Four-character idioms with 胎
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受胎告知
じゅたいこくち
Annunciation
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換骨奪胎
かんこつだったい
adaptation (of a poem, novel, etc.); recasting; rewriting
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受胎告知
じゅたいこくち
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Tattoo check: 胎
- Verified meaning: womb, fetus
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: pregnancy
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
womb; uterus
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
unborn child, embryo, fetus
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
embryo, fetus; car tire
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The third month of pregnancy. Now all that is conceived but not yet born is called 胎 (fetus). Such as saying 胎教 (prenatal education), 胎毒 (fetal toxin), and such. | The blank form of utensils is also called 胎. Such as fine porcelain and lacquerware all have the method of removing the mold.
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Kunyomi
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Related Keywords
More kanji with the radical 肉 月 (niku・nikuzuki)
- 肉 meat, body, to gain weight
- 肋 rib
- 肌 skin, surface, texture
- 肖 to resemble, portrait, small
- 肘 elbow, to restrain
- 肝 liver, heart, key point
- 股 thigh, crotch, branch
- 肢 limb, extremity, branch
- 肥 fertile, fat, to fatten
- 肩 shoulder, to bear, young animal
- 肪 fat, fatty
- 肯 to consent, to affirm, willing
- 育 to give birth, to raise, to grow
- 肴 cooked meat, to disturb, side dish
- 肺 lung, heart, red
- 胃 stomach, to digest
- 胆 gallbladder, courage, nerve
- 背 back, to abandon, to betray
- 胞 cell, membrane, sibling
- 胡 barbarian, random, what
- 胤 to succeed, lineage
- 胴 torso, body
- 胸 chest, heart, mind
- 能 ability, talent, can
- 脂 fat, tree sap, rouge