胞 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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bāo

womb

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

⺼ Meaning component

ròu

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

包 Sound component

bāo

wrap

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bāo

womb, placenta, fetal membrane; placenta; womb; born of the same parents

Most common words with 胞

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*pˤ<r>u	paew	bāo	womb

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 14.1278% of movies

1627th most common character in movies

1341st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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