Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

娠: with child, pregnancy

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

女 carries the meaning · 辰 gives the sound

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 妊娠にんしんpregnancy; conception; gestation
  • 偽妊娠ぎにんしんpseudocyesis; false pregnancy
  • 妊娠時にんしんじduring pregnancy; while pregnant

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

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

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
娠 with child · 女
vs振 shake · 扌
娠 has 女 where 振 has 扌.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shēn

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

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

Pinyin shēn 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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