孢

孢

孢 U+5B62, 孢 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B62 ← 孡 [U+5B61] CJK Unified Ideographs 季 → [U+5B63]

Translingual

Han character

孢 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓木心口山 (NDPRU), four-corner 1741₂, composition ⿰子包)

References

• KangXi: page 279, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6964
• Dae Jaweon: page 547, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1014, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B62

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		孢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāo (bao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹

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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)⁺
    • Jyutping: baau¹
    • Yale: bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

孢

1. Only used in 孢子 (bāozǐ, “spore”); also used as its short form.
2. ^‡ to be pregnant
   • Zihui: 孢，孕也。

Compounds

子囊孢子 孢囊柄 孢子 (bāozǐ) 孢子世代 孢子器 孢子囊

孢子囊群 孢子植物 (bāozǐ zhíwù) 孢膜 胞囊孢子 芽孢 (yábāo)

單孢子／单孢子 孢子葉／孢子叶 孢子蟲／孢子虫 孢子體／孢子体 節孢子／节孢子