This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: ホウ
Romaji: hou
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

placenta, sac, sheath

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  130
Frequency:  1379
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-4-5
Korean Reading:  po
Chinese Reading:  bao1
Unicode:  80de
JIS:  4B26

Indexes

Halpern Index: 917
Nelson Index: 3749
New Nelson Index: 4788
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4b5.5
Four Corner Index: 7721.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1796
Gakken Index: 1764
Daikanwanjiten Index: 29396P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0279
Remembering the kanji Index: 531
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1673
Kodansha Compact Index: 1029
Kanji in Context Index: 1630
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 620
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 826
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 537
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 570
Essential Kanji Index: 1237
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1148
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3956
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1266

Words

細胞 (さいぼう、さいほう)
cell
同胞 (どうほう、どうぼう、はらから)
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
嚢胞 (のうほう)
cyst
母細胞 (ぼさいぼう)
mother cell; metrocyte
細胞質 (さいぼうしつ)
cytoplasm
胞子 (ほうし)
spore
単細胞 (たんさいぼう)
single cell; simple-minded person; one-track-minded person
卵胞 (らんぽう、らんほう)
(ovarian) follicle
細胞質遺伝 (さいぼうしついでん)
cytoplasmic heredity
共産党細胞 (きょうさんとうさいぼう)
communist cell
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