JLPT N1 · 9 strokes
Kanji 胎: "womb, uterus"
The kanji 胎 means "womb, uterus". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read タイ in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
タイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | womb, uterus |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1861 of 2,501 |
Common words with 胎
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 胎内interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus · interior of a Buddhistic statue
- 胎児fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb
- 胎womb
- 堕胎abortion; feticide
- 胎動fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening · signs (of); indications; stirrings; emergence
- 母胎womb; uterus · parent body; base; basis
- 受胎conception; fertilization; fertilisation
- 胎盤placenta
- 胎教prenatal influence of the mother on her unborn baby; teaching one's unborn baby (e.g. by playing music, etc.)
- 懐胎conception; becoming pregnant; pregnancy
- 胚胎germination; pregnancy · arising (in); resulting (from); originating (in)
- 受胎告知Annunciation
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