# 胞 cell

月 (moon/organ) + 包 (wrap) Same-ON
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9 strokes
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## Onyomi

HOU | The HOE got caught soliciting and locked in a cell.

## Mnemonic

| A cell is nothing but organs wrapped around a nucleus.

## Jukugo

細胞(さいぼう) | cell ★☆☆☆☆ 細 (slender) + 胞 (cell) = 細胞 (cell) a cell, like an amoeba or a brain cell.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
泡 | bubble | WATER | 水
胞 | cell | MEAT | 月

The bubble is air wrapped in WATER.
A cell is a MEAT bubble.