卵
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egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 卩 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 卵
- Common rank
- #1,436
- Unicode
- U+5375
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 卵 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
Two ovaries containing eggs
Components 卩
? unknown part
How to remember it
nest eggs · Heisig RSH #2428
letter opener + a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 卵
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 总卵黄管 | (flatworm anatomy) common vitelline duct, formed by the union of vitelline ducts and enter… | |
| 河卵石 | pebble | |
| 卵黄管 | vitelline duct | |
| 以卵击石 | lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by … | |
| 卵用鸡 | laying hen | |
| 杀鸡取卵 | lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the gol… | |
| 受精卵 | fertilized ovum | |
| 卵子 | ovum | |
| 卵子 | testicles; penis | |
| 卵生 | oviparous | |
| 卵母细胞 | (biology) oocyte; ovocyte | |
| 卵石 | cobble; cobblestone; pebble | |
| 同卵双胞胎 | identical twins | |
| 卵黄 | egg yolk | |
| 卵圆形 | oval; ellipsoidal | |
| 同卵 | (of twins) identical; monozygotic | |
| 鱼卵 | fish eggs; roe | |
| 异卵双胞胎 | fraternal twins | |
| 卵形 | oval; egg-shaped (leaves in botany) | |
| 产卵 | to lay eggs |