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Kotomora

娠

with child, pregnancy

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes10

Readings

On'yomi

  • シン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

娠 centers on the state of carrying a child: being pregnant or with child.

Most common words using 娠

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  • 妊娠にんしん
    N2

    pregnancy; conception; gestation

  • 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

  • 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

  • 妊娠中にんしんちゅう

    while pregnant; during one's pregnancy

  • 妊娠中毒症にんしんちゅうどくしょう

    pre-eclampsia

  • 妊娠中絶にんしんちゅうぜつ

    abortion; pregnancy termination

  • 妊娠届にんしんとどけ

    notification of pregnancy; informing (authorities) that one is pregnant

  • 妊娠悪阻にんしんおそ

    hyperemesis gravidarum; HG; severe morning sickness

  • 妊娠時にんしんじ

    during pregnancy; while pregnant

  • 妊娠検査にんしんけんさ

    pregnancy test

  • 妊娠検査薬にんしんけんさやく

    pregnancy test kit; pregnancy test

  • 妊娠糖尿病にんしんとうにょうびょう

    gestational diabetes; gestational diabetes mellitus; pregnancy diabetes

  • 妊娠線にんしんせん

    pregnancy stretch mark; striae gravidarum

  • 妊娠高血圧症候群にんしんこうけつあつしょうこうぐん

    pregnancy-induced hypertension; PIH

  • 子宮外妊娠しきゅうがいにんしん

    ectopic pregnancy

  • 想像妊娠そうぞうにんしん

    pseudocyesis; false pregnancy; spurious pregnancy; pseudopregnancy

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Etymology

娠 combines 女 (woman) with 辰, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of stirring or quickening, as in the first movements of a fetus.

Meaning mnemonic

A woman 女 beside 辰, which resembles a stirring or quickening shape: imagine a woman feeling the first movements of a child inside her.

Reading mnemonic

For シン, picture a pregnant woman feeling a sudden shin kick from the baby: shin -> シン.