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Kotomora

妊

pregnancy

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes7

Readings

On'yomi

  • ニン
  • ジン

Kun'yomi

  • はら.む
  • みごも.る

Meaning

妊 centers on the state of carrying a developing child: pregnancy.

Most common words using 妊

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  • 妊娠にんしん
    N2

    pregnancy; conception; gestation

  • 妊婦にんぷ

    pregnant woman

  • 避妊ひにん
    N1

    contraception; birth control

  • 不妊ふにん

    infertility; sterility; barrenness

  • 妊活にんかつ

    trying to conceive; attempting to get pregnant (through various means)

  • 懐妊かいにん

    pregnancy; conception

  • 不妊症ふにんしょう

    infertility; sterility; barrenness

  • 妊産婦にんさんぷ

    expectant and nursing mothers

  • 不妊性ふにんせい

    infertility (esp. of animals)

  • 不妊手術ふにんしゅじゅつ

    sterilization (operation); sterilisation

  • 不妊治療ふにんちりょう

    infertility treatment

  • 人工妊娠じんこうにんしん

    pregnancy resulting from artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization, etc. (esp. of animals)

  • 人工妊娠中絶じんこうにんしんちゅうぜつ

    induced abortion

  • 人工避妊法じんこうひにんほう

    contraception

  • 偽妊娠ぎにんしん

    pseudocyesis; false pregnancy; spurious pregnancy; pseudopregnancy

  • 卵管妊娠らんかんにんしん

    tubal pregnancy

  • 双胎妊娠そうたいにんしん

    twin pregnancy

  • 多胎妊娠たたいにんしん

    multiple pregnancy; polycyesis

  • 妊夫にんぷ

    male pregnancy (in Boy's Love fiction); mpreg

  • 妊娠中にんしんちゅう

    while pregnant; during one's pregnancy

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Etymology

妊 combines 女 (woman) with 壬, which likely contributes the sound and may carry a sense of bearing or containing, together expressing pregnancy.

Meaning mnemonic

A woman 女 with a swelling belly 壬 is pregnant.

Reading mnemonic

For ニン, imagine a pregnant woman knitting baby clothes: knitting -> ニン, and the woman 女 is preparing for the baby.