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Translingual [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

Ideogrammic compound (會意):  (person) +  (baby) – a person (mother) protecting her child.

Han character [edit]

(radical 9 +7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口木 (ORD), four-corner 26294, composition)

  1. protect, safeguard, defend, care

Descendants [edit]

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 105, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 702
  • Dae Jaweon: page 222, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 160, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4FDD

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale bou2)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Proper noun [edit]

(hiragana たもつ, romaji Tamotsu)

  1. A male given name

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised bo, McCune-Reischauer po)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin bǎo (bao3), Wade-Giles pao3)

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(bảo, bầu, bửu)

References [edit]