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孵化 (ふか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

孵ふ化か

ふ

か

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

incubation; hatching

Refers to the process of eggs developing and hatching. Can be used both transitively (to incubate/hatch eggs) and intransitively (eggs hatch).

鶏にわとりの卵たまごが孵ふ化かした。
The chicken eggs hatched.
人じん工こう的てきに卵たまごを孵ふ化

か

さ

せる

技ぎ

術じゅつ

が

ある

。

There is a technique to artificially incubate eggs.

Written forms

孵ふ化かUsage71%
Standard kanji spelling.
ふ化かUsage29%
Simplified spelling using ふ for the first character; common in official or educational contexts.

Kanji

孵hatch, incubate
化change, take the form of, influence

Similar words

孵かえる
孵る is an intransitive verb meaning 'to hatch' (eggs hatch), while 孵化 is a noun/suru verb covering both incubation and hatching, often used in technical or biological contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 孵 (incubate, hatch) and 化 (change, transform). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the process of eggs developing and hatching.