Japanese symbol for “pregnancy”
妊娠
にんしん
Romaji: ninshin
pregnancy; conception; gestation
In Japanese, pregnancy is 妊娠, read にんしん (ninshin).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vi, vs pregnancy; conception; gestation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “pregnancy”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 懐妊 | かいにん kainin | pregnancy; conception |
| 妊孕 | にんよう nin'you | pregnancy; conception; fecundation |
| 懐胎 | かいたい kaitai | conception; becoming pregnant; pregnancy |
| 孕み | はらみ harami | conception; pregnancy |
| 懐孕 | かいよう kaiyou | pregnancy; conception |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 避妊 | ひにん hinin | contraception; birth control |
| 妊婦 | にんぷ ninpu | pregnant woman |
| 不妊 | ふにん funin | infertility; sterility; barrenness |
| 妊産婦 | にんさんぷ ninsanpu | expectant and nursing mothers |
| 懐妊 | かいにん kainin | pregnancy; conception |
| 偽妊娠 | ぎにんしん gininshin | pseudocyesis; false pregnancy; spurious pregnancy |
| 妊娠中絶 | にんしんちゅうぜつ ninshinchuuzetsu | abortion; pregnancy termination |
| 想像妊娠 | そうぞうにんしん souzouninshin | pseudocyesis; false pregnancy; spurious pregnancy |
See also: Chinese symbol for “pregnancy”.
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.
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