egg, ovum, spawn, roe
卵 centers on the reproductive cell or early life stage: an egg, ovum, spawn, or roe. It refers to the biological entity that develops into a new individual.
卵 is a pictograph of fish eggs or spawn, with the two dots representing the eggs and the surrounding strokes the membrane or cluster. The modern form retains this egg-like image.
The two small dots inside the curved strokes look like eggs nestled in a cluster. Picture fish roe or a bird's egg: 卵 is an egg.
For ラン, imagine a hen laying an egg with a soft 'ran' sound as it drops into the nest: ran -> ラン.
eggs; egg; spawn; roe
egg-laying; spawning
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet)
ovum; ovule; egg cell
ovary
egg yolk
fertilized egg; fertilised egg
ovulation
hen's egg
white of an egg; albumen
(ovarian) follicle
identical twins
eggshell
incubation
egg collection (from hens, fish, etc.)
oviparity; produced from eggs
incubation; hatching
quail eggs; quails' eggs
quail eggs; quails' eggs
rolled Japanese-style omelette