Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

胞: placenta, sac

Also: sheath

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 包 gives the sound

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ホウhou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 細胞さいぼう
  • 同胞どうほうbrethren; brothers; fellow countrymen
  • 細胞内さいぼうないinside the cell; intracellular
  • 胞子ほうしspore
  • 卵胞らんぽう(ovarian) follicle
  • 細胞分裂さいぼうぶんれつcell division

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
More in the 月 meat story
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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
月

Also built on meat (月)

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包

Also built on wrap (包)

胞 takes the 包 family's reading, ホウ (hou).

Also read ホウ

33 kanji share this on'yomiAll 33

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
胞 placenta · 包
vs肥 fertilizer · 巴
胞 has 包 where 肥 has 巴.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bāo

Same form: 胞 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
胞 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
胞 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bāo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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