expression, Ichidan verb

  1. to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby).
  2. to be born, to come into being, to be formed, to first see the light of day. Idiomatic expression.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
産声を上げる うぶごえをあげる
 
 
 
 
産声をあげる うぶごえをあげる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

products, bear, give birth
サン う.む うぶ- (4th, N3)
give birth, bring forth, produce
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ リツ たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
voice
こえ セイ こわ- (2nd, N3)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)
corpse(尸) variant
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
above, up
ジョウ うえ あ.げる (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)