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胞

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placenta; womb; born of the same parents

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #762 U+80DE

How 胞 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 包 (phonetic, bāo)

components: ⺼ 包

How to remember it

placenta · Heisig RSH #1745

part of the body + 包 wrap

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 包

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 包 (bāo) — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
包 sound component bāo wrap, pack, bundle; package
炮 pào cannon, artillery
跑 pǎo to run, to flee, to escape
泡 pào bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up
饱 bǎo satisfied; to eat one's fill
刨 páo carpenter's plane; plane, level
孢 bāo spore
疱 pào acne
鲍 bào abalone; dried fish; surname
雹 báo hail
庖 páo kitchen; cooking, cuisine
狍 páo a species of deer found in northern China
咆 páo to roar
龅 bāo buck teeth
匏 páo gourd; musical instrument

Words containing 胞

WordPinyinMeaning
山地同胞 shān dì tóng bāo (dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples; Taiwanese aborigine
元胞自动机 yuán bāo zì dòng jī cellular automaton
细胞生物学 xì bāo shēng wù xué cell biology
多细胞生物 duō xì bāo shēng wù multicellular organism
单细胞生物 dān xì bāo shēng wù unicellular organism
多形核白细胞 duō xíng hé bái xì bāo polymorphonuclear leukocyte
正多胞形 zhèng duō bāo xíng convex polytope
神经细胞 shén jīng xì bāo nerve cell; neuron
多胞形 duō bāo xíng polytope
细胞毒性 xì bāo dú xìng cytotoxicity
女同胞 nǚ tóng bāo woman; female; female compatriot
细胞色素 xì bāo sè sù cytochrome
胞子 bāo zǐ variant of 孢子[bao1 zi3]
子细胞 zǐ xì bāo daughter cell
山胞 shān bāo (dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples; Taiwanese aborigine; abbr. for 山地同胞[shan1 di4 tong2 …
细胞学 xì bāo xué cytology
性细胞 xìng xì bāo sexual cell; germline cell; gamete
白细胞 bái xì bāo white blood cell; leukocyte
体细胞 tǐ xì bāo somatic cell
神经胶质细胞 shén jīng jiāo zhì xì bāo glial cell (provide support to neuron); neuroglia