胞

bāo
#1,339 most
frequent character
placenta, womb, born of the same parents

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

胞 bāo uses 月 meat, body parts as the meaning part and 包 bāo 'to contain' as both a meaning and sound part. The first sense was 'placenta'. From there it grew to 'womb', 'share the same parents', and 'compatriot'.

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Homophones

HSK 3
包bāo
to cover, to wrap, to hold
煲bāo
. pot
剥bāo
to peel
炮bāo
to sauté, to fry, to dry by heating

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