胚

胚

胚 U+80DA, 胚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80DA ← 胙 [U+80D9] CJK Unified Ideographs 胛 → [U+80DB]

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: 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

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Chinese

trad.		胚
simp. #		胚

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pēi (pei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui¹
• Min Nan (POJ): phoe / pher / phe / phi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pei
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei¹
    • Yale: pēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pei
    • Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pui¹
    • Yale: pūi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoe
    • Tâi-lô: phue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pher
    • Tâi-lô: pher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰə³³/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phe
    • Tâi-lô: phe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phef
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi
    • Tâi-lô: phi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³/

Note:

• phoe - literary;
• pher/phe - vernacular;
• phi - vernacular (俗).

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯː/

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
2. unfinished things

Compounds

做胚 拉胚 粗胚 美人胚子 胚乳 (pēirǔ) 胚囊 胚子 (pēizi) 胚形成 胚柄

胚根 胚根鞘 胚珠 (pēizhū) 胚胎 (pēitāi) 胚芽 (pēiyá) 胚芽米 胚芽鞘 中胚層／中胚层 (zhōngpēicéng) 內胚層／内胚层 (nèipēicéng)

外胚層／外胚层 (wàipēicéng) 胚培養法／胚培养法 胚層／胚层 (pēicéng) 胚盤／胚盘 胚胎學／胚胎学 (pēitāixué) 胚葉／胚叶 胚軸／胚轴 胼胚種／胼胚种 鋼胚／钢胚

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Japanese

Kanji

胚

(uncommon “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 Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 胚.

Noun

胚(はい) • (hai) 

1. embryo

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Korean

Hanja

胚 (eum 배 (bae))

1. embryo

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Vietnamese

Han character

胚: Hán Nôm readings: phôi, phui

1. embryo