胞 – placenta, sac, sheath

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1379 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 胞 means placenta, sac, sheath. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 肉 (no. 130).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホウ	hou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 肉 (Kangxi radical 130). Components: 月・勹・已.

Words using 胞

細胞さいぼうcell

Example sentences

この地域社会に住む一人一人は、健康な人間が持つ免疫機構の細胞のようなものだ。

Every person in this community is like a cell in the immune system of a healthy human body.

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Kanji with the same radical

能育脳背脱肉臓肝胸腕脅肩腐脚腹膨

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