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Kotomora

胎

womb, uterus

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes9

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

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  • 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

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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.