# 胚

| 胚 | U+80DA, &#32986; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80DA |
| ← 胙 [U+80D9] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 胛 → [U+80DB] |

## Translingual
### Han character

胚 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月一火一 (BMFM), four-corner 7121$_9$, composition ⿰月丕)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 979, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29390
* Dae Jaweon: page 1430, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2057, character 2
* Unihan data for U+80DA

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 肧 | *pʰlɯː, *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː |
| 俖 | *pʰɯːʔ |
| 娝 | *prɯʔ |
| 痞 | *prɯʔ, *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ |
| 丕 | *pʰrɯ |
| 伾 | *pʰrɯ |
| 秠 | *pʰrɯ, *pʰrɯʔ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ |
| 駓 | *pʰrɯ |
| 怌 | *pʰrɯ |
| 豾 | *pʰrɯ |
| 髬 | *pʰrɯ |
| 魾 | *pʰrɯ, *brɯ |
| 鉟 | *pʰrɯ, *brɯ |
| 嚭 | *pʰrɯʔ |
| 邳 | *brɯ |
| 岯 | *brɯ |
| 否 | *brɯʔ, *pɯʔ |
| 抔 | *bɯ, *pʰlɯː |
| 不 | *pɯ, *pɯʔ, *pɯ' |
| 紑 | *pɯ, *pʰɯ, *pʰɯʔ |
| 鴀 | *pɯ, *pɯʔ |
| 衃 | *pʰɯ, *pʰlɯː |
| 罘 | *bɯ |
| 芣 | *bɯ |
| 杯 | *plɯː |
| 盃 | *plɯː |
| 桮 | *pɯː |
| 坯 | *pʰɯː |
| 胚 | *pʰɯː |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pēi (pei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pui$^1$ / bui$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phe / pher / phoe / phi
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pei
*** Wade–Giles: pʻei$^1$
*** Yale: pēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pei
*** Palladius: пэй (pɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰeɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pui$^1$ / bui$^1$
*** Yale: pūi / būi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pui$^1$ / bui$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pui$^1$ / bui$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuːi̯⁵⁵/, /puːi̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phe
*** Tâi-lô: phe
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phef
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /pʰe⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pher
*** Tâi-lô: pher
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰə³³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoe
*** Tâi-lô: phue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phoef
*** IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰue³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phi
*** Tâi-lô: phi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰi³³/
* phe/pher - vernacular (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei;
* phoe - vernacular (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung;
* phoe - literary (Xiamen, Quanzhou);
* phi - vernacular (俗).
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pʰɯː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 胚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1047 |
| Phonetic component | 不 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 肧 |
| Old Chinese | /*pʰɯː/ |
| Notes | 說文廣韻作肧 |

### Definitions

胚
* embryo
    胚胎 ― pēitāi ― embryo
* (figurative) start; beginning (of an affair)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) pregnant for one month
* Alternative form of 坯 (pī, “unfinished product; semifinished product”)
* (Hokkien) young animal
    豬胚仔／猪胚仔 [Hokkien] ― ti-phe-á [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― half-sized piglet
* (Hokkien, usually derogatory) Suffix indicating a certain type of person.
    乞食胚 [Hokkien] ― khit-chia̍h phe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― people as lazy as beggars
* (Mainland China Hokkien) skeleton; frame; structure (of livestock)
       Che chiah iông hó phe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       This goat has a good frame.

#### Compounds

* 中胚層 / 中胚层 (zhōngpēicéng)
* 做胚
* 內胚層 / 内胚层 (nèipēicéng)
* 外胚層 / 外胚层 (wàipēicéng)
* 拉胚
* 粗胚
* 美人胚子
* 胚乳 (pēirǔ)
* 胚囊
* 胚培養法 / 胚培养法
* 胚子 (pēizi)
* 胚層 / 胚层 (pēicéng)
* 胚形成
* 胚柄
* 胚根
* 胚根鞘
* 胚珠 (pēizhū)
* 胚盤 / 胚盘
* 胚胎 (pēitāi)
* 胚胎學 / 胚胎学 (pēitāixué)
* 胚芽 (pēiyá)
* 胚芽米
* 胚芽鞘
* 胚葉 / 胚叶
* 胚軸 / 胚轴
* 胼胚種 / 胼胚种
* 豆胚 (dòupēi)
* 鋼胚 / 钢胚

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* embryo

#### Readings

* Go-on: へ (he)
* Kan-on: はい (hai)
* Kun: はらむ (haramu, 胚む)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 胚
* はい Hyōgai
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 胚.

### Noun

胚(はい) • (hai)
* embryo

## Korean
### Hanja

胚 (eum 배 (bae))
* embryo

## Vietnamese
### Han character

胚: Hán Nôm readings: phôi, phui
* embryo