胚

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胚 U+80DA, 胚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80DA
← 胙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 胛 →

Translingual

Han character

胚 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月一火一 (BMFM), four-corner 71219, composition ⿰月丕)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 979, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29390
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1430, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2057, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+80DA

Chinese

trad. 胚
simp. # 胚
alternative forms 肧
衃
妚
㚰
𦙂

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (不) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
肧 *pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
俖 *pʰɯːʔ
娝 *prɯʔ
痞 *prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
丕 *pʰrɯ
伾 *pʰrɯ
秠 *pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
駓 *pʰrɯ
怌 *pʰrɯ
豾 *pʰrɯ
髬 *pʰrɯ
魾 *pʰrɯ, *brɯ
鉟 *pʰrɯ, *brɯ
嚭 *pʰrɯʔ
邳 *brɯ
岯 *brɯ
否 *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ
抔 *bɯ, *pʰlɯː
不 *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ'
紑 *pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ
鴀 *pɯ, *pɯʔ
衃 *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː
罘 *bɯ
芣 *bɯ
杯 *plɯː
盃 *plɯː
桮 *pɯː
坯 *pʰɯː
胚 *pʰɯː

Pronunciation

Note:
  • phe/pher - vernacular (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei;
  • “”);
  • phoe - vernacular (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung;
  • “”);
  • phoe - literary (Xiamen, Quanzhou);
  • phi - vernacular (俗).
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 胚
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 1047
    Phonetic
    component         		不
    Rime
    group         		之
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		肧
    Old
    Chinese         		/*pʰɯː/
    Notes 說文廣韻作肧

    Definitions

    胚

    1. embryo
      胚胎  ―  pēitāi  ―  embryo
    2. (figurative) start; beginning (of an affair)
    3. † pregnant for one month
    4. Alternative form of 坯 (pī, “unfinished product; semifinished product”)
    5. (Hokkien) young animal
      豬胚仔／猪胚仔 [Hokkien]  ―  ti-phe-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  half-sized piglet
    6. (Hokkien, usually derogatory) Suffix indicating a certain type of person.
      乞食胚 [Hokkien]  ―  khit-chia̍h phe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  people as lazy as beggars
    7. (Mainland China Hokkien) skeleton; frame; structure (of livestock)
      這隻羊好胚。 [Hokkien, trad.]
      这只羊好胚。 [Hokkien, simp.]
      Che chiah iông hó phe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
      This goat has a good frame.

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    胚

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. embryo

    Readings

    • Go-on: へ (he)
    • Kan-on: はい (hai)
    • Kun: はらむ (haramu, 胚む)

    Etymology

    Kanji in this term
    胚
    はい
    Hyōgai
    on'yomi

    From Middle Chinese 胚.

    Noun

    胚(はい) • (hai) 

    1. embryo

    Korean

    Hanja

    胚 (eum 배 (bae))

    1. embryo

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    胚: Hán Nôm readings: phôi, phui

    1. embryo
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