寶

See also: 宝 and 寳

Translingual

Han character

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

1. treasure, jewel
2. precious, rare

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		寶
simp.		宝
alt. forms		寳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎo (bao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó
• Min Nan (POJ): pó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ
    • Wade-Giles: pao³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou²
    • Yale: bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou²
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³
    • IPA: /po³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó
    • Tâi-lô: pó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poir
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɤ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /pɑu^X/▼

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
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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*pˤuʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*puːʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	寶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ pawX ›
Old Chinese	/*pˤuʔ/
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/

Noun

寶

1. treasure; something rare

Compounds

Compounds

• 元寶／元宝 (yuánbǎo)
• 國寶／国宝 (guóbǎo)
• 寶中之寶／宝中之宝
• 寶典／宝典
• 寶刀／宝刀 (bǎodāo)
• 寶刀不老／宝刀不老
• 寶刹／宝刹
• 寶劍／宝剑 (bǎojiàn)
• 寶地／宝地
• 寶塔／宝塔 (bǎotǎ)
• 寶寶／宝宝 (bǎobǎo)
• 寶寶盤／宝宝盘
• 寶寶裝／宝宝装

• 寶局／宝局
• 寶山／宝山
• 寶座／宝座 (bǎozuò)
• 寶庫／宝库 (bǎokù)
• 寶惜／宝惜
• 寶書／宝书
• 寶物／宝物 (bǎowù)
• 寶瓶座／宝瓶座 (bǎopíngzuò)
• 寶眷／宝眷
• 寶石／宝石 (bǎoshí)
• 寶蓋兒／宝盖儿
• 寶藍／宝蓝 (bǎolán)
• 寶藏／宝藏

• 寶號／宝号
• 寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi)
• 寶貝疙瘩／宝贝疙瘩
• 寶貨／宝货
• 寶貴／宝贵 (bǎoguì)
• 寶重／宝重
• 展寶／展宝
• 撚寶／撚宝
• 珍寶／珍宝 (zhēnbǎo)
• 珠寶／珠宝 (zhūbǎo)
• 財寶／财宝
• 金寶／金宝 (jīnbǎo)
• 阿寶／阿宝

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Japanese

Kanji

寶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 宝)

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Readings

• Goon: ほう (hō)
• Kan’on: ほう (hō)
• Kan’yōon: ほ (ho)
• Kun: たから (takara)

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Korean

Hanja

寶 • ‎(bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune-Reischauer po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

寶 (bảo, báu, bửu)

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