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hatch
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The character 菢 (bào) is a phono-semantic compound describing avian incubation. Its grass radical 艹 refers to the nest, typically made of vegetation, while the lower component 抱 (bào, to embrace) provides both the pronunciation and a semantic hint about the posture of a bird covering its eggs. Thus, 菢 captures the image of a bird nesting in vegetation, embracing its eggs to hatch them.