胚 pēi embryo
How to remember 胚: 月 meat + 丕 great = embryo. The farmer holds an egg to the lamp and shows the kids a speck of meat with a beating heart, a great first look at an embryo.
Component breakdown
胚 = 月 meat + 丕 great
- 月 meat
- 丕 great
The farmer holds an egg to the lamp and shows the kids a speck of meat with a beating heart, a great first look at an embryo.
How it is used
- Bound; "embryo," the earliest stage - 胚胎 (pēitāi) embryo, 胚芽 (pēiyá) germ/embryo of a seed.
- Carries the idea of an unformed beginning, so 胚 also appears in the sense of a rough blank/prototype.