妊
pregnancy
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
20 of 57- 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
Study
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.