胎
womb, uterus
Readings
On'yomi
- タイ
Kun'yomi
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Meaning
胎 centers on the place where life begins before birth: the womb or uterus.
Most common words using 胎
20 of 79- 胎児たいじ
fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb; unborn baby
- 胎内たいない
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus
- 胎盤たいばん
placenta
- 堕胎だたい
abortion; feticide
- 受胎じゅたい
conception; fertilization; fertilisation
- 胎動たいどう
fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening
- 胎たい
womb
- 懐胎かいたい
conception; becoming pregnant; pregnancy
- 母胎ぼたい
womb; uterus
- 胎生たいせい
viviparity
- 換骨奪胎かんこつだったい
adaptation (of a poem, novel, etc.); recasting; rewriting; modification; rehashing
- 胎教たいきょう
prenatal influence of the mother on her unborn baby; teaching one's unborn baby (e.g. by playing music, etc.)
- 不胎化ふたいか
sterilization
- 不胎化介入ふたいかかいにゅう
sterilized intervention
- 人工受胎じんこうじゅたい
artificial insemination
- 代理懐胎だいりかいたい
surrogate pregnancy
- 処女受胎しょじょじゅたい
virgin birth (esp. of Jesus)
- 処女懐胎しょじょかいたい
virgin birth (esp. of Jesus)
- 前置胎盤ぜんちたいばん
placenta previa
- 単胎たんたい
single pregnancy; monotocous pregnancy
Study
Etymology
胎 combines the flesh radical ⺼ (body part) with 台, which likely contributes the sound タイ and may suggest the idea of a beginning or starting point, as in the womb where life begins.
Meaning mnemonic
The flesh radical ⺼ on the left indicates a body part, and 台 on the right can remind you of a platform or starting point. Together, they form the womb, the starting platform of life in the body.
Reading mnemonic
For タイ, imagine a baby in the womb tied to its mother by an umbilical cord: tie -> タイ, connecting the womb to new life.