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寶

See also: 宝, 寳, and 珤
寶 U+5BF6, 寶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BF6
← 寵
[U+5BF5] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 寷 →
[U+5BF7]

Translingual

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Japanese 宝
Simplified 宝
Traditional 寶

Han character

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寶 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十一山金 (JMUC), four-corner 30806, composition ⿱𡩧貝)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 293, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7376
  • Dae Jaweon: page 579, character 32
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 958, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5BF6

Chinese

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trad. 寶
simp. 宝
alternative forms
寳
珤
𤥖
㻄
𡧖
寳
珤
𤥖
㻄
𡧖
宲
𡩧
𡧰
寚
𪧬
𡪓
𡫷
𤥯
𤨷
𠋾
𠍙
𢉣
𢉔
𢉹
𫴫
𫴦
𫴅
𡫿
𡫷
𫳽
𭔟
靌
𩇉
 

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 寶
Shang Western Zhou
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (缶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
寶 *puːʔ
珤 *puːʔ
缶 *puʔ
缹 *puʔ

Oracle bone script: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 宀 (“house”) + 𤣩 (“jade”) + 貝 (“cowry”) – treasures in a house.

The phonetic component 缶 (OC *puʔ) was added to the character in bronze inscriptions.

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *pəw (“price”); cognate with Burmese အဖိုး (a.hpui:, “price”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Peiros and Starostin (1996) also compares it to Tibetan སྤུས (spus, “goods”). Sagart (1999) relates it to 富 (OC *pɯɡs, “rich”). Schuessler (2007) proposes that it could be the same word as 保 (OC *puːʔ, “to take care of; to consider something precious”).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • bo3 - vernacular;
  • bor3 - literary.
Rime
Character 寶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 豪 (89)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 博抱切
Baxter pawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/pɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/pawX/
Li
Rong 		/pɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/pɑuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		bǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		bou2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 寶
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		bǎo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pawX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*pˁuʔ/
English precious thing

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 寶
Reading # 1/1
No. 3264
Phonetic
component 		缶
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		寶
Old
Chinese 		/*puːʔ/

Definitions

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寶

  1. treasure; riches; valuables; precious thing
    執到寶／执到宝 [Cantonese]  ―  zap1 dou2 bou2 [Jyutping]  ―  to have obtained something wonderful
  2. to treasure; to cherish
  3. to collect (treasures)
  4. treasured; cherished
  5. precious; valuable
  6. (historical) jade token
  7. term of respect, for things related to the emperor, to Buddhism, to Taoism, or to other people
  8. (term of endearment) darling; baby; dear
  9. (gambling) a kind of gambling device
  10. a surname: Bao
  11. (Sichuanese) foolish; silly; stupid

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 傻 (“foolish”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 傻
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 傻
Taiwan 傻
Singapore 傻, 戇
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 傻
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 瓜
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 哈, 瓜, 寶
Wuhan 苕, 哈, 嘎
Guilin 哈
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 呆, 木足, 瓜
Hefei 呆, 傻
Cantonese Guangzhou 戇, 傻, 戇居
Hong Kong 傻, 戇, 戇居
Taishan 傻, 吽, 戇
Dongguan 戇, 傻, 吽
Yangjiang 傻, 戇
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 傻, 戇
Singapore (Guangfu) 傻, 戇
Gan Nanchang 蟬
Hakka Meixian 傻, 戇
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 戇, 傻
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 傻
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 戇
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 戇
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 戇鳩
Boluo (Bendihua) 呆愕
Heyuan (Bendihua) 戇
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 戇鬼
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 傻
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 慢, 嚒
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 戇鳩
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 戇
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 傻
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 戇鳩
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 戇鳩
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 戇
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 戇
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 戇
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 戇
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 戇
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 戇
Jin Taiyuan 傻, 二不楞
Northern Min Jian'ou 賴, 戇
Eastern Min Fuzhou 戇
Fuzhou (Changle) 戇
Fuqing 戇
Yongtai 戇
Gutian 阿褒
Fu'an 戇
Ningde 戇, 庸
Shouning 戇, 庸
Zhouning 戇
Fuding 庸
Matsu 戇
Southern Min Xiamen 戇
Quanzhou 戇, 潲面 vulgar
Zhangzhou 戇, 哚哥, 潲面 vulgar
Zhao'an 戇
Kaohsiung 戇
Changhua (Lukang) 戇
Taichung 戇
Taichung (Wuqi) 呆
Tainan 槌, 戇
Hsinchu 戇
Penghu (Magong) 戇
Penang (Hokkien) 戇
Singapore (Hokkien) 戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇
Manila (Hokkien) 戇, 戇戇, 洽, 洽潲 vulgar, 洽仔, 山猴, 三八, 三八潲 vulgar
Chaozhou 㦙, 白仁, 戇
Jieyang 㦙, 白仁, 戇
Singapore (Teochew) 㦙, 戇, 悇
Wenchang 戇, 傻
Haikou 戇
Qionghai 戇
Singapore (Hainanese) 戇
Wu Shanghai 戇, 壽, 糞
Shanghai (Songjiang) 戇, 壽, 踱
Suzhou 戇, 壽, 踱
Wuxi 戇, 壽
Tongxiang 踱
Ningbo 呆, 戇
Wenzhou 呆, 憨
Xiang Changsha 寶, 醒
Shuangfeng 哈

Compounds

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Japanese

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Shinjitai

宝

Kyūjitai

寶

Kanji

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寶

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 宝)

Kyūjitai form of 宝

  1. precious objects
  2. worldly goods
  3. valuable possessions

Readings

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  • Go-on: ほう (hō)
  • Kan-on: ほう (hō)
  • Kan’yō-on: ほ (ho)
  • Kun: たから (takara, 寶)

Korean

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Hanja

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寶 (eumhun 보배 보 (bobae bo))

  1. hanja form? of 보 (“treasure; riches; valuables; precious thing”)

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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寶: Hán Nôm readings: bảo, báu, bửu

Affix

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寶

chữ Hán form of bảo (“precious”).

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