孢

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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 Dictionary: 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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		孢

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔ-bu ~ *pu (“to be born; birth; bud; bloom”). See 阜 (OC *buʔ, “big mound”) for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bāo (bao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baau¹
  - Yale: bāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

孢

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

Compounds

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