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Kanji Detail for 娠 - "pregnancy, to conceive"

娠

  • Meaning

    娠 means "pregnancy, to conceive."

    1. Pregnancy - The state of carrying a child.

    2. Conceive - To become pregnant.

  • Words using 娠

    • 妊娠 にんしん Listen pregnancy; conception; gestation

  • Tattoo check: 娠

    • Verified meaning: pregnancy, to conceive
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    with child; pregnancy

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    pregnant

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    pregnant

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    pregnant

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    When a pregnant woman feels movement in her womb, it's called 娠. (Zuo Zhuan) "Queen Min was pregnant."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    pregnancy to conceive conception carrying childbirth delivery fertility fetus gestation maternity midwife obstetrics ovulation prenatal trimester

Sentences including 娠

  • She is great with child.

  • I'm expecting.

  • She is expecting a child.

  • She is happy to have conceived a baby by him.

  • Are you pregnant?

  • I am pregnant.

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