Character: 胞
Modern (Beijing) reading: bāo
Preclassic Old Chinese: prū
Classic Old Chinese: prū
Western Han Chinese: prǝ̄w
Eastern Han Chinese: prǝ̄w
Early Postclassic Chinese: pǝ̣̄w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pạ̄w
Late Postclassic Chinese: pạ̄w
Middle Chinese: pạw
English meaning : placenta; bursa [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) детское место, послед; 2) утроба; единоутробный; 3) бот. клетка, спора; 4) пузырь
Comments: Also read *phrū, MC phạw (FQ 匹交) id. Viet. bao is a literary reading; there also exists nhau 'placenta', very probably reflecting the same source with additional nasalisation (a rather frequent case in old loanwords).
Radical: 130
Four-angle index: 7108
Karlgren code: 1113 b
Vietnamese reading: bao
