胞

See also: 脬

胞 U+80DE, 胞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80DE ← 胝 [U+80DD] CJK Unified Ideographs 胟 → [U+80DF]

Translingual

Han character

胞 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月心口山 (BPRU), four-corner 7721₂, composition ⿰月包)

Derived characters

• 𠷤, 褜

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 979, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29396
• Dae Jaweon: page 1430, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2062, character 7
• Unihan data for U+80DE

Chinese

trad.		胞
simp. #		胞

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 胞
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
袍	*buː
袌	*buː, *buːs
軳	*buː
抱	*buːʔ
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
菢	*buːs
勹	*pruː
包	*pruː
胞	*pruː, *pʰruː
苞	*pruː
枹	*pruː, *bu, *bu
飽	*pruːʔ
泡	*pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː
炮	*pʰruːs, *bruː
皰	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
疱	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
跑	*bruː, *bruːɡ
咆	*bruː
庖	*bruː
匏	*bruː
刨	*bruː
狍	*bruː
炰	*bruː
鉋	*bruː, *bruːs
瓟	*bruː, *bruːɡ
颮	*bruː, *pʰruːɡ
鞄	*bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ
鮑	*bruːʔ
骲	*bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
玸	*bu
雹	*bruːɡ
窇	*bruːɡ

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r/m-bu ~ pru (“nest; womb; placenta”). Cognate with Tibetan ཕྲུ་མ (phru ma, “womb”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāo (bao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pâu / phâu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bao
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹
    • Yale: bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baau¹
    • Yale: bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pâu / phâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bau´ / pau´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bau¹ / pau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /pau̯²⁴/, /pʰau̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau
    • Tâi-lô: pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pau⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: paew, phaew

Rime
Character	胞	胞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	II
Fanqie	布交切	匹交切
Baxter	paew	phaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠau/	/pʰˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚau/	/pʰᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/pau/	/pʰau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨw/	/pʰaɨw/
Li Rong	/pau/	/pʰau/
Wang Li	/pau/	/pʰau/
Bernard Karlgren	/pau/	/pʰau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bāo	pāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baau1	paau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤ<r>u/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pruː/, /*pʰruː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	胞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bāo
Middle Chinese	‹ pæw ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁ<r>u/
English	womb
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胞	胞
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	274	279
Phonetic component	勹	勹
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	包	胞
Old Chinese	/*pruː/	/*pʰruː/

Definitions

胞

1. afterbirth; placenta
2. ^† womb
3. born of the same parents
4. (figuratively) born of the same ancestors; fellow countrypeople; compatriot
5. Short for 細胞／细胞 (xìbāo, “cell”).

Compounds

• 保衛細胞／保卫细胞
• 僑胞／侨胞 (qiáobāo)
• 刺囊細胞／刺囊细胞
• 動物細胞／动物细胞
• 卵細胞／卵细胞
• 同胞 (tóngbāo)
• 同胞兄弟 (tóngbāo xiōngdì)
• 同胞共乳
• 同胞雙生／同胞双生
• 吞噬細胞／吞噬细胞 (tūnshì xìbāo)
• 多胞胎 (duōbāotāi)
• 大陸同胞／大陆同胞
• 子細胞／子细胞 (zǐxìbāo)
• 小胞子囊
• 山地同胞 (shāndì tóngbāo)
• 山地山胞
• 山胞 (shānbāo)
• 平地山胞
• 性細胞／性细胞
• 息胞
• 民胞物與／民胞物与 (mínbāowùyǔ)
• 氣胞／气胞
• 液胞 (yèbāo)
• 漿細胞／浆细胞 (jiāngxìbāo)
• 災胞／灾胞
• 盲胞
• 破骨細胞／破骨细胞 (pògǔxìbāo)
• 神經細胞／神经细胞 (shénjīng xìbāo)
• 精細胞／精细胞 (jīngxìbāo)
• 細胞／细胞 (xìbāo)
• 細胞分裂／细胞分裂 (xìbāo fēnliè)
• 細胞壁／细胞壁 (xìbāobì)
• 細胞學／细胞学 (xìbāoxué)
• 細胞核／细胞核 (xìbāohé)
• 細胞膜／细胞膜 (xìbāomó)
• 細胞色素／细胞色素 (xìbāo sèsù)
• 細胞質／细胞质 (xìbāozhì)
• 細胞週期／细胞周期 (xìbāo zhōuqī)
• 細胞銀行／细胞银行
• 纖維細胞／纤维细胞 (xiānwéixìbāo)
• 聾胞／聋胞
• 胞兄 (bāoxiōng)
• 胞兄弟 (bāoxiōngdì)
• 胞囊孢子
• 胞妹 (bāomèi)
• 胞姊
• 胞姊妹
• 胞子 (bāozǐ)
• 胞子世代
• 胞子器
• 胞子囊群
• 胞子蟲／胞子虫
• 胞子體／胞子体
• 胞弟 (bāodì)
• 胞胎
• 胎胞
• 胞與／胞与 (bāoyǔ)
• 胞與為懷／胞与为怀
• 胞芽
• 胞芽杯
• 胞衣 (bāoyī)
• 胞間層／胞间层
• 胞間連絲／胞间连丝 (bāojiānliánsī)
• 腺細胞／腺细胞
• 腦細胞／脑细胞 (nǎoxìbāo)
• 臺胞／台胞 (táibāo)
• 臺胞證／台胞证 (táibāozhèng)
• 色質細胞／色质细胞
• 蒙胞
• 衣胞 (yībāo)
• 雙胞胎／双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi)
• 難胞／难胞
• 雷雨胞
• 骨細胞／骨细胞 (gǔxìbāo)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pāo, bāo (pao¹, bao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠ, ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): paau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pao
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao¹
    • Yale: pāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pau
    • Palladius: пао (pao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bao
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹
    • Yale: bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: paau¹
    • Yale: pāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: paau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaːu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: phaew

Rime
Character	胞
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	匹交切
Baxter	phaew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰaɨw/
Li Rong	/pʰau/
Wang Li	/pʰau/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	pāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	paau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰruː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胞
Reading #	2/2
No.	279
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	胞
Old Chinese	/*pʰruː/

Definitions

胞

1. ^† Alternative form of 脬 (pāo, “bladder”)
2. ^† Alternative form of 泡 (pāo, “Classifier for excreta.”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páo (pao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao²
    • Yale: páu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
    • Palladius: пао (pao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

胞

1. ^† Alternative form of 庖 (páo, “cook”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pào, bāo (pao⁴, bao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˋ, ㄅㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pào
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pào
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao⁴
    • Yale: pàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paw
    • Palladius: пао (pao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bao
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹
    • Yale: bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

胞

1. ^† Alternative form of 皰／疱 (pào, “blister; bleb”)

References

• “胞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	胞
Kyūjitai	胞󠄁 胞+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	胞󠄃 胞+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

胞

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. brethren
2. bulla
3. cells
4. cysts
5. vase(esp as one used to store alcohol)
6. vesicle

Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: えな (ena)

Compounds

• 同(どう)胞(ほう) (dōhō, “compatriot, frater”)
• 細(さい)胞(ぼう) (saibō, “cell”)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 胞 (MC phaew).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 포ᇢ (Yale: phwow) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Early Modern Korean 포 (Yale: phwo) in Samun Seonghwi (三韻聲彙 / 삼운성휘), 1751.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [pʰo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [포]

Hanja

Wikisource

胞 (eumhun 세포 포 (sepo po))

1. Hanja form^? of 포 (“cell”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 세포 (細胞, sepo)
• 동포 (同胞, dongpo)
• 교포 (僑胞, gyopo)
• 포자 (胞子, poja)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

Vietnamese

Han character

胞: Hán Nôm readings: bào, nhau, rau

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