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娠

shēn

Character

What 娠 means

1. pregnant

Words containing 娠

• 妊娠rèn shēnpregnancy; gestation
• 多胎妊娠duō tāi rèn shēnmultiple pregnancy
• 妊娠试验rèn shēn shì yànpregnancy test

Characters built on 辰

These share the phonetic component 辰 (chén), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 振zhènto shake; to flap; to vibrate
• 震zhènto shake; to vibrate; to jolt
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 宸chénimperial apartments
• 蜃shèngiant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of…
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid

Characters that look like 娠

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 旅lǚtrip; travel; to travel
• 珠zhūbead; pearl
• 珊shāncoral
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 绢juànthin, tough silk fabric
• 绮qǐbeautiful; open-work silk

Sounds the same

Read shēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 身body; life; oneself
• 深(lit. and fig.) deep
• 申to extend; to state; to explain
• 伸to stretch; to extend
• 呻(literary) to recite; to chant; to intone; (bound form) groan
• 绅member of gentry
• 莘long; numerous
• 参ginseng; one of the 28 constellations
• 砷arsenic (chemistry)
• 甡multitude; crowd
• 燊brisk; vigorous (of fire)
• 珅a kind of jade