Definitions
(noun)
egg; ovum
Etymology
Pictograph of the scrotum of a male's penis. The meaning later shifted to "egg", "ovum", and "spawn".
About
The character 卵, meaning 'egg', originates from an early pictographic representation of two eggs or roe. Its contemporary form is structured with two symmetrical elements each containing a dot, visually echoing this original depiction. The primary meaning has always referred to biological eggs, but over time it expanded to describe egg-shaped objects, as in 卵石 for cobblestone, and to form terms in reproductive biology such as 卵巢 for ovary.
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河边有很多卵石。
青蛙在池塘产卵。
这些卵很快会孵化。
卵巢是女性的重要器官。
大多数鸟类都是卵生动物。
卵子和精子结合形成受精卵。
科学家正在研究如何保护濒危动物的卵。
在低温环境下，某些昆虫的卵可以进入休眠状态。