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死産 (しざん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

死し産ざん

also: しさん

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Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

stillbirth

Medical and formal term for a baby born without signs of life. Can also be used as a suru verb (死産する) meaning 'to have a stillbirth'.

彼かの女じょは死し産ざんを経けい験けんした。
She experienced a stillbirth.
死し産ざんの原げん因いんは不ふ明めいだった。
The cause of the stillbirth was unknown.

Written forms

死産Usage100%
- しざん
  Standard kanji spelling. The reading しざん is the most common.
- しさん
  Alternate reading, less common. May be encountered in some contexts.
しさん

Kanji

死death, die
産products, bear, give birth

Similar words

流りゅう産ざん
流産 refers to miscarriage (loss of pregnancy before the fetus is viable), while 死産 refers specifically to stillbirth (birth of a fetus that has died in the womb after the point of viability).

Etymology

Compound of 死 (death) and 産 (birth). The reading しざん is the standard on'yomi combination; しさん is an alternative reading.