胞
胞 — Placenta
placenta, sac, sheath
On’yomiホウ (hou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 胞
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 細胞 | さいぼう saibou | cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party) |
| 同胞 | どうほう douhou | brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen |
| 細胞内 | さいぼうない saibounai | inside the cell; intracellular |
| 胞子 | ほうし houshi | spore |
| 卵胞 | らんぽう ranpou | (ovarian) follicle |
| 細胞分裂 | さいぼうぶんれつ saiboubunretsu | cell division |
Study notes
胞 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1379 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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