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 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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pēi (pei¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui¹ / bui¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phe / pher / phoe / 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–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: pui¹ / bui¹
    • Yale: pūi / būi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui¹ / bui¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui¹ / bui¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯⁵⁵/, /puːi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phe
    • Tâi-lô: phe
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phef
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pher
    • Tâi-lô: pher
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰə³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoe
    • Tâi-lô: phue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /pʰue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi
    • Tâi-lô: phi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³/

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei:
  • phe/pher - vernacular;
  • phoe - literary;
  • phi - vernacular (俗);.
• Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung:
  • phoe - vernacular.

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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

   胚胎  ―  pēitāi  ―  embryo

2. (figurative) start; beginning (of an affair)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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

• 中胚層 / 中胚层 (zhōngpēicéng)
• 做胚
• 內胚層 / 内胚层 (nèipēicéng)
• 外胚層 / 外胚层 (wàipēicéng)
• 拉胚
• 粗胚
• 美人胚子 (měirén pēizi)
• 胚乳 (pēirǔ)
• 胚囊
• 胚培養法 / 胚培养法
• 胚子 (pēizi)
• 胚層 / 胚层 (pēicéng)
• 胚形成
• 胚柄
• 胚根
• 胚根鞘
• 胚珠 (pēizhū)
• 胚盤 / 胚盘
• 胚胎 (pēitāi)
• 胚胎學 / 胚胎学 (pēitāixué)
• 胚芽 (pēiyá)
• 胚芽米
• 胚芽鞘
• 胚葉 / 胚叶
• 胚軸 / 胚轴
• 胼胚種 / 胼胚种
• 豆胚 (dòupēi)
• 鋼胚 / 钢胚

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 胚

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