孢
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spore
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 子 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 孢
- Common rank
- #3,061
- Unicode
- U+5B62
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 孢
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 球孢子菌病 | Coccidioidomycosis | |
| 头孢拉定 | (pharm.) cefradine (aka cephradine) | |
| 头孢菌素 | (pharm.) cephalosporin | |
| 厌酷球孢子菌 | Coccidioides immitis | |
| 肉毒梭状芽孢杆菌 | Clostridium botulinum | |
| 蜡样芽孢杆菌 | (microbiology) Bacillus cereus | |
| 孢子 | spore | |
| 头孢 | (pharm.) cephalosporin | |
| 双孢蘑菇 | cultivated mushroom; champignon (Agaricus bisporus) | |
| 芽孢 | endospore | |
| 头孢噻吩 | (pharm.) cefalotin (aka cephalothin) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 包 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包 sound part | wrap, pack, bundle; package | |
| 胞 | womb, placenta, fetal membrane | |
| 炮 | cannon, artillery | |
| 跑 | to run, to flee, to escape | |
| 泡 | bubble, blister; swollen, puffed up | |
| 饱 | satisfied; to eat one's fill | |
| 刨 | carpenter's plane; plane, level | |
| 疱 | acne | |
| 鲍 | abalone; dried fish; surname | |
| 雹 | hail | |
| 庖 | kitchen; cooking, cuisine | |
| 狍 | a species of deer found in northern China | |
| 咆 | to roar | |
| 龅 | buck teeth | |
| 匏 | gourd; musical instrument |