Japanese symbol for “quickening”
胎動
たいどう
Romaji: taidou
fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening
In Japanese, quickening is 胎動, read たいどう (taidou).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening
- n, vi, vs signs (of); indications; stirrings; emergence; (initial) rise (e.g. of a political movement)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胎児 | たいじ taiji | fetus; foetus; embryo |
| 堕胎 | だたい datai | abortion; feticide |
| 胎盤 | たいばん taiban | placenta |
| 胎内 | たいない tainai | interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus |
| 受胎 | じゅたい jutai | conception; fertilization; fertilisation |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
| 運動 | うんどう undou | exercise; physical training; workout |
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.