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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
保 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口木 (ORD), four-corner 26294, composition ⿰亻呆)
Derived characters
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 105, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 702
- Dae Jaweon: page 222, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 160, character 4
- Unihan data for U+4FDD
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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襃
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*puː, *puː
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保
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*puːʔ
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堡
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*puːʔ
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褓
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*puːʔ
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堢
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*puːʔ
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緥
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*puːʔ
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葆
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*puːʔ
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賲
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*puːʔ
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宲
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*puːʔ
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椺
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*ɦmluːʔ, *ɢʷeːɡs, *ɢeːɡ
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In the oracle script, this character was an ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 人 (“person”) + 子 (“child”) – a person carrying a child on his back; to carry (a child) > to protect.
In early bronze inscriptions, 爪 (“hand”) was added to the person to emphasize that the person was carrying the child. This was later simplified into one or two strokes. The current form has two.
Pronunciation
Note:
- pó͘ - literary (Quanzhou);
- pó - vernacular (Quanzhou).
Note:
- bao2 - literary;
- bo2 - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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保
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bǎo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pawX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pˁuʔ/
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English
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protect
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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保
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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318
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Phonetic component
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保
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Rime group
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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寶
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Old Chinese
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/*puːʔ/
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Definitions
保
- to raise; to rear
- to keep; to maintain
- to protect; to safeguard; to defend
你要保大還是保小? [MSC, trad.]
你要保大还是保小? [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ yào bǎo dà háishì bǎo xiǎo?
- Do you want to save the mother (“the big one”) or the baby (“the small one”)? (a common line in obstetrics-themed dramas)
- to ensure; to guarantee
- guarantor
- Short for 保釋/保释 (bǎoshì, “to bail”).
- (historical) bao (a unit of the ancient administrative system, consisting of some 100 households)
- a surname: Bao
Synonyms
- 供養/供养
- 奉養/奉养 (fèngyǎng)
- 扶養/扶养 (fúyǎng)
- 撫育/抚育 (fǔyù)
- 撫養/抚养 (fǔyǎng)
- 渡子 (Hakka, to raise a child)
- 育兒/育儿 (yù'ér) (to raise a child)
- 贍養/赡养 (shànyǎng)
- 邀飼/邀饲 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 鞠養/鞠养 (jūyǎng) (literary)
- 養活/养活 (yǎnghuo) (colloquial)
- 養育/养育 (yǎngyù)
- 保庇 (Hokkien)
- 保護/保护 (bǎohù)
- 保障 (bǎozhàng)
- 堅持/坚持 (jiānchí)
- 掩護/掩护 (yǎnhù)
- 維持/维持 (wéichí)
- 維護/维护 (wéihù)
- 蔽護/蔽护 (bìhù) (literary)
- 護/护 (hù) (literary, or in compounds)
- 保準/保准 (bǎozhǔn) (colloquial)
- 保穩/保稳 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 保證/保证 (bǎozhèng)
- 保障 (bǎozhàng)
- 保險/保险 (bǎoxiǎn)
- 保領/保领 (Hokkien)
- 包
- 包保 (bāobǎo)
- 包管 (bāoguǎn) (colloquial)
- 包領/包领 (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
- 擔保/担保 (dānbǎo)
- 確保/确保 (quèbǎo)
- 管 (guǎn)
- 管保 (guǎnbǎo) (colloquial)
- 管教 (guǎnjiào)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
保
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- protection
- guarantee
Readings
Compounds
Proper noun
保 • (Tamotsu)
- a male given name
Korean
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
保 (eumhun 지킬 보 (jikil bo))
- Hanja form? of 보 (“protection”).
- Hanja form? of 보 (“guarantee”).
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
保: Hán Nôm readings: bảo, bầu, bửu
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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References