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U+8446, 葆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8446

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 140, +9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人口木 (TORD), four-corner 44294, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1043, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31381
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1504, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3250, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8446

Chinese

trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *puːʔ) : semantic (grass) + phonetic (OC *puːʔ).

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (1)
Final () (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter pawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/pɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/pɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/pawX/
Li
Rong
/pɑuX/
Wang
Li
/pɑuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bou2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 323
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*puːʔ/

Definitions

  1. (literary) Alternative form of (bǎo, to keep; to preserve)
    青春  ―  yǒngbǎo qīngchūn  ―  to keep alive the fervor of youth
  2. (literary) luxuriant growth; luxuriant
  3. (literary) ornament made of feather
  4. (literary) to hide; to conceal
  5. (literary) Alternative form of (bǎo), in various other senses.
  6. (literary) Alternative form of (bǎo, treasure; cherish)
  7. (literary) Alternative form of (castle)
  8. (literary) Alternative form of (bǎo, swaddling clothes)

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. (literary) Alternative form of (tall; lofty)
  2. (literary) Alternative form of (to wrap; to bind up)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

(bo) (hangeul , revised bo, McCune–Reischauer po, Yale po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: bảo

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