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

  • 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
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Old Chinese
*puː, *puː
*puːʔ
*puːʔ
*puːʔ
*puːʔ
*puːʔ
*puːʔ
*puːʔ
*puːʔ
*ɦmluːʔ, *ɢʷeːɡs, *ɢeːɡ

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



  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)

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

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

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: Hán Nôm readings: bảo

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