双生児

Japanese

Kanji in this term
双	生	児
そう Grade: S	せい Grade: 1	じ Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spelling
雙生兒 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

双生(そうせい) (sōsei, “twin birth”) + 児(じ) (-ji, “baby, infant”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そーせーじ [sòóséꜜèjì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [so̞ːse̞ːʑi]

Noun

双(そう)生(せい)児(じ) • (sōseiji)

(obstetrics) twins

Derived terms

シャム双(そう)生(せい)児(じ) (Shamu sōseiji, “Siamese twins”)
結(けつ)合(ごう)双(そう)生(せい)児(じ) (ketsugō sōseiji, “conjoined twins”)
一(いち)卵(らん)性(せい)双(そう)生(せい)児(じ) (ichiransei sōseiji, “identical twins”)
二(に)卵(そう)性(せい)双(そう)生(せい)児(じ) (nisōsei sōseiji, “fraternal twins”)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“双生児”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026