noun

Obsolete term.
  1. midwife.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
産婆 さんば

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)
old woman, grandma, wet nurse
ばば ばあ バ (8th, N1)
waves, billows, Poland
ハ なみ わ (3rd, N2)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
pelt, skin, hide
かわ ヒ (3rd, N2)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
woman, female
ジョ おんな め (1st, N5)