Entry
  1. Noun

    Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore

  2. woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth

    Rare term

Also written 姑獲鳥【うぶめ】孕女【うぶめ】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

Kun
う.むう.まれるうぶ-む.す
On
サン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
161 of 2500
Radical
life
WaniKani
Level 20

Built from

Used in names as

もと

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
3-6-5, 2-2-9, 2-4-7SKIP code
5b6.4The Kanji Dictionary
0021.4Four corner code
472deroo
7523Unicode hex code
1-27-26JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3354Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3716New Nelson (John Haig)
3298New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4089Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2075Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2812Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1560Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1681Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
142A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1520Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
317Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21684PMorohashi
491A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
278Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
278Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
408sakade
218Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
518henshall3
567Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
92crowley
574Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1328Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1574Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chan3Pinyin reading
sanKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
20WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

woman, female

Kun
おんな
On
ジョニョニョウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
151 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

おなつき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-3-4SKIP code
3e0.1The Kanji Dictionary
4040.0Four corner code
1769deroo
5973Unicode hex code
1-29-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1185Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1173New Nelson (John Haig)
3418New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4226Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2884Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
98Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
102Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
178A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
114Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
62Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6036Morohashi
35A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32sakade
42Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
41henshall3
19Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
60crowley
68Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
423Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
99Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
nu:3, ru3Pinyin reading
nyeo, yeoKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level