Japanese symbol for “postnatal”

出産後

しゅっさんご

Romaji: shussango

postnatal; post partum

In Japanese, postnatal is 出産後, read しゅっさんご (shussango).

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Meanings

adj-no postnatal; post partum

Kanji and stroke order

出

exit, leave, go out

on: シュツ、スイ
kun: で.る、-で、だ.す、-だ.す

5 strokes · JLPT 4

産

products, bear, give birth

on: サン
kun: う.む、う.まれる、うぶ-、む.す

11 strokes · JLPT 3

後

behind, back, later

on: ゴ、コウ
kun: のち、うし.ろ、うしろ、あと

9 strokes · JLPT 4

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
出演	しゅつえん shutsuen	appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance
出す	だす dasu	to take out; to get out
出る	でる deru	to leave; to exit; to go out
出来る	できる dekiru	to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
出身	しゅっしん shusshin	one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
演出	えんしゅつ enshutsu	direction (of a play, film, etc.); production
生産	せいさん seisan	production; manufacture
産業	さんぎょう sangyou	industry
最後	さいご saigo	end; conclusion

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.