同どう胞ほう

also: どうぼう · はらから

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun

compatriot; fellow countryman; brethren

Refers to people from the same country or ethnic group, often with a sense of shared identity or solidarity. Can also be used in a broader sense for fellow human beings.

海かい外がいで同どう胞ほうに会あうとほっと

する

。

I feel relieved when I meet a fellow countryman abroad.

彼かれは同どう胞ほうのために尽じん力りょくした。

He worked hard for his compatriots.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉のために同どう胞ほうが団だん結けつするcompatriots unite for someone/something
困こん難なんな時とき、同どう胞ほうが団だん結けつして助たすけ合あった。
In times of hardship, compatriots united and helped each other.
同どう胞ほうを思おもうto think of one's fellow countrymen
彼かれは海かい外がいにいても同どう胞ほうを思おもう気き持もちを忘わすれなかった。
Even abroad, he never forgot his feelings for his fellow countrymen.

Kanji

同same, agree, equal
胞placenta, sac, sheath

Related words

同どう国こく人じん
同国人 is a neutral term for someone from the same country, while 同胞 adds a warm sense of shared kinship or solidarity.
兄きょう弟だいN5
兄弟 usually means actual siblings, whereas 同胞 extends that brotherhood metaphorically to a whole nation or ethnic group.
仲なか間まN3
仲間 is a general word for companions or peers in any group, while 同胞 specifically evokes people bound by shared nationality or ethnicity.
邦ほう人じんN1
同胞 carries a warmer, more emotional sense of 'fellow countryman', whereas 邦人 is a drier, more official term often used in news reports.

Word family

同どう胞ほう愛あい
brotherly love; fraternal love
同どう胞ほう融ゆう和わ
movement to end discrimination against Burakumin
四し海かい同どう胞ほう
universal brotherhood; all people are brothers

Written forms

同胞Usage98%
- どうほう
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common reading is どうほう.
- どうぼう
  Alternate reading; less common than どうほう.
- はらから
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 同胞 (duwng pæw, 'born of the same womb'). The kanji 同 means 'same' and 胞 means 'womb' or 'placenta', together originally meaning 'siblings'. The meaning extended to 'compatriot' or 'fellow countryman' in both Chinese and Japanese.

Gikun/jukujikun reading; archaic or literary, meaning siblings from the same womb.

はらからUsage2%

gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun

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