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胚 = 月 + 丕

胚 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “embryo”. It is built from 月 (month) and 丕 (grand). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2531.

Keyword
embryo
RTK frame
2531
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ハイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はらみ, はら.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
эмбрион
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
胚 embryo

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 月 month
  2. 丕 grand

How to find 胚 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “month” + “grand”. 胚 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 胚 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.