孢

孢 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 弓木心口山 (NDPRU), four-corner 1741₂, composition ⿰子包)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 279, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6964
• Dae Jaweon: page 547, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1014, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5B62

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔ-bu ~ *pu (“to be born; birth; bud; bloom”). See 阜 (OC *buʔ, “big mound”) for more (STEDT).

孢

1. only used in 孢子 (bāozǐ, “spore”); also used as its short form
2. (historical dictionaries only) to be pregnant
   • Zihui: 孢，孕也。