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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

妊: pregnancy

JLPT N17 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 壬 gives the sound

7 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ニンnin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 妊娠にんしんpregnancy; conception; gestation
  • 避妊ひにんcontraception; birth control
  • 妊婦にんぷpregnant woman
  • 不妊ふにんinfertility; sterility; barrenness
  • 懐妊かいにんpregnancy; conception
  • 妊産婦にんさんぷexpectant and nursing mothers

Also read ジン, はらむ, みごもる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Grace and strength! This is the radical of the feminine, representing mothers, daughters, and the many roles women have played throughout history.”
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繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
女

Also built on woman (女)

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壬

Also built on 壬

妊 takes the 壬 family's reading, ニン (nin).

Also read ニン

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ジン

14 kanji share this on'yomiAll 14

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
妊 pregnancy · 女
vs任 responsibility · 亻
妊 has 女 where 任 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · rèn

Same form: 妊 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
妊 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
妊 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin rèn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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