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胞 — kanji meaning “placenta”

placenta, sac, sheath

Meanings
placenta, sac, sheath
On'yomi
Kun'yomi
Strokes
9
School grade
8
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Newspaper frequency
#1379 of 2,500
Classical radical
130
Chinese reading
bāo — Chinese character page

Words with 胞

WordReadingMeaning
さいぼう saiboucell
どうほう douhoubrethren; brothers; fellow countrymen
ほうし houshispore
らんぽう ranpou(ovarian) follicle
たんさいぼう tansaibousingle cell
のうほう nouhoucyst
がほう gahouspore
ほうじょう houjoucystoid; cystiform; vesicular
ろほう rohoufollicle (esp. an ovarian follicle)
えな enaafterbirth; placenta
さいぼうぶんれつ saiboubunretsucell division
さいぼうない saibounaiinside the cell; intracellular

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