胚

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embryo

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ meaning “flesh” + 丕 sound ( pī )

Components ⺼丕

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
三胚层动物	sān pēi céng dòng wù	triploblastic animals (having three germ layers)
美人胚子	měi rén pēi zi	(coll.) girl who shows signs of becoming a beauty; budding beauty
胚胎发生	pēi tāi fā shēng	embryogenesis
中胚层	zhōng pēi céng	mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
外胚层	wài pēi céng	ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
内胚层	nèi pēi céng	endoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
胚胎学	pēi tāi xué	embryology
色胚	sè pēi	(slang) pervert; lecher
小麦胚芽	xiǎo mài pēi yá	wheat germ
胚层	pēi céng	germ layer; layer of tissue in embryology
胚囊泡	pēi náng pào	(biology) blastodermic vesicle
胚乳	pēi rǔ	(botany) endosperm
麦胚	mài pēi	wheat germ
胚珠	pēi zhū	ovule
胚芽米	pēi yá mǐ	semipolished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)
胚泡	pēi pào	(biology) blastocyst
囊胚	náng pēi	(zoology) blastula; (mammology) blastocyst
胚囊	pēi náng	(botany) embryo sac
胚胎	pēi tāi	embryo
瓶胚	píng pēi	preform

Characters sharing the sound component 丕 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
丕 sound part	pī	great, grand, glorious, distinguished
坯	pī	clay; unburnt earthenware
邳	pī	a department in the state of Lu
苤	piě	kohlrabi
呸	pēi	to spit at
狉	pī	fox cub