妊娠

にんしん · ninshin · JLPT N1 · noun

concept

Both characters start with 女 (woman): a woman carrying new life

妊 is 女 plus 壬 and 娠 is 女 plus 辰. The shared 女 radical marks both as conditions of a woman's body. The compound is read nin-shin.

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