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胚
pēi
1. embryo
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

胚
pēi
embryo; an unfinished thing
9 丶

Compound Words (19)

瓶胚
píngpēi
preform
胚囊
pēináng
(botany) embryo sac
胚层
pēicéng
germ layer
胚泡
pēipào
(biology) blastocyst
胚珠
pēizhū
ovule
胚胎
pēitāi
embryo
胚芽
pēiyá
bud
色胚
sèpēi
(slang) pervert
麦胚
màipēi
wheat germ
中胚层
zhōngpēicéng
mesoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
内胚层
nèipēicéng
endoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
外胚层
wàipēicéng
ectoderm (cell lineage in embryology)
胚囊泡
pēinángpào
(biology) blastodermic vesicle
胚胎学
pēitāixué
embryology
胚芽米
pēiyámǐ
semi-polished rice (i.e. rice minus the husk, but including the germ)
胚芽鞘
pēiyáqiào
coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)
小麦胚芽
xiǎomàipēiyá
wheat germ
胚胎发生
pēitāifāshēng
embryogenesis
三胚层动物
sānpēicéngdòngwù
triploblastic animals (having three germ layers)

Alternate Entries

胚
pēi
variant of [[胚<pēi>]]

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,927
Word Frequency Rank
3,710 of 84,292

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