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娠

Pregnant
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingシン
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 38

Verbs with «娠»

妊娠する

Meanings

  1. pregnant
  2. pregnancy
  3. with childRtK

Radicals and components

Radical女woman
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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woman (女) · sign of the dragon · cliff (厂) · two (二) · hairpin · safety-pin

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2168

Compound words

妊娠にんしん
pregnancy; conception; gestation
偽妊娠ぎにんしん
pseudocyesis
妊娠時にんしんじ
during pregnancy
異常妊娠いじょうにんしん
abnormal pregnancy
過期妊娠かきにんしん
post-term pregnancy
想像妊娠そうぞうにんしん
pseudocyesis
妊娠検査にんしんけんさ
pregnancy test
妊娠中絶にんしんちゅうぜつ
abortion
妊娠するにんしんする
to become pregnant
子宮外妊娠しきゅうがいにんしん
ectopic pregnancy
妊娠中毒症にんしんちゅうどくしょう
pre-eclampsia
人工妊娠中絶じんこうにんしんちゅうぜつ
induced abortion

On Reading Examples

ここだけの話だけれど和夫の妻は妊娠しています。にんしん
It's just between you and me, but Kazuo's wife is pregnant.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は奥さんが妊娠したといわれてびっくりした。
He was caught off guard when his wife announced they were going to have a baby.tatoeba
妊娠中毒症にかかりました。
I had toxemia during my pregnancy.tatoeba
妊娠中ですか。
Are you pregnant?tatoeba
妊娠検査を受けました。
I got a pregnancy test.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Pregnancy. Woman 女 + 辰 (stirring) — the child stirring inside. Used together with 妊: 妊娠.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 娠

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step