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Kotomora

娩

bear (children)

StatusJinmeiyōStrokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • ベン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

娩 centers on the act of giving birth: bearing children. It is specifically associated with childbirth and delivery.

Most common words using 娩

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  • 分娩ぶんべん

    childbirth; delivery

  • ハイリスク分娩ハイリスクぶんべん

    high-risk delivery

  • 分娩予定日ぶんべんよていび

    date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date

  • 分娩作用ぶんべんさよう

    delivery; parturition

  • 分娩台ぶんべんだい

    (childbirth) delivery table; birthing table

  • 分娩室ぶんべんしつ

    maternity room; delivery room

  • 分娩時ぶんべんじ

    time of delivery (of a child)

  • 分娩期ぶんべんき

    time of delivery (of a child)

  • 分娩臥床ぶんべんがしょう

    lying-in bed

  • 吸引分娩きゅういんぶんべん

    vacuum delivery

  • 和痛分娩わつうぶんべん

    delivery with little pain (i.e. through the use of pain-reducing drugs excluding epidurals)

  • 多胎分娩たたいぶんべん

    (a) multiple birth; childbirth resulting in twins, triplets, etc.

  • 娩出べんしゅつ

    expulsion (of a baby)

  • 娩出期べんしゅつき

    expulsion stage (of labour); expulsive stage

  • 座位分娩ざいぶんべん

    delivery in a sitting position; giving birth sitting

  • 擬娩ぎべん

    couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born)

  • 棺内分娩かんないぶんべん

    coffin birth; postmortem fetal extrusion

  • 無痛分娩むつうぶんべん

    obstetric analgesia during labor and delivery (e.g. epidural); painless childbirth

  • 異常分娩いじょうぶんべん

    abnormal delivery

  • 立会い分娩たちあいぶんべん

    childbirth with father of child present; delivery with husband present

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Etymology

娩 combines 女 (woman) with 免, which likely contributes the sound and may relate to the idea of delivery or release. The exact historical development of 免 in this context is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

A woman 女 beside 免, which looks like a figure bending forward. Picture a woman in labor, bending forward as she bears a child.

Reading mnemonic

For ベン, imagine a woman giving birth on a bench: bench -> ベン, and the scene ties to the kanji's meaning of bearing children.