苞

Translingual

Han character

苞 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿心口山 (TPRU), four-corner 4471₂, composition ⿱艹包)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1023, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30789
• Dae Jaweon: page 1482, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3195, character 6
• Unihan data for U+82DE

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Chinese

trad.		苞
simp. #		苞
alternative forms		笣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 苞
Shang	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (勹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
袍	*buː
袌	*buː, *buːs
軳	*buː
抱	*buːʔ
勽	*buːs, *mɯnʔ
菢	*buːs
勹	*pruː
包	*pruː
胞	*pruː, *pʰruː
苞	*pruː
枹	*pruː, *bu, *bu
飽	*pruːʔ
泡	*pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː
炮	*pʰruːs, *bruː
皰	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
疱	*pʰruːs, *bruːs
跑	*bruː, *bruːɡ
咆	*bruː
庖	*bruː
匏	*bruː
刨	*bruː
狍	*bruː
炰	*bruː
鉋	*bruː, *bruːs
瓟	*bruː, *bruːɡ
颮	*bruː, *pʰruːɡ
鞄	*bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ
鮑	*bruːʔ
骲	*bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ
玸	*bu
雹	*bruːɡ
窇	*bruːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pruː) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāo (bao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baau¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): bàu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pau / pâu / pô͘
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bao
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹
    • Yale: bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baau¹
    • Yale: bāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːu̯⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bàu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pau
    • Tâi-lô: pau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /pau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pau³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâu
    • Tâi-lô: pâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pau¹³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pô͘
    • Tâi-lô: pôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹pau
    • MiniDict: pau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: paew

Rime
Character	苞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	布交切
Baxter	paew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/pau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paɨw/
Li Rong	/pau/
Wang Li	/pau/
Bernard Karlgren	/pau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤ<r>u/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pruː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	苞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bāo
Middle Chinese	‹ pæw ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁ<r>u/
English	reed mat for wrapping
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	苞
Reading #	1/1
No.	275
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	包
Old Chinese	/*pruː/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 苞

1. ^† bulrush (for making mats and straw sandals)
2. ^† root or stem of plants
3. ^† growing in profusion; luxuriant; profuse
4. (botany) bract; bud
5. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 包 (bāo, “to wrap up; to surround”).
6. a surname

Synonyms

• (bud): 蕾 (lěi)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páo (pao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páo
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páo
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao²
    • Yale: páu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paur
    • Palladius: пао (pao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 苞

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 匏 (páo, “gourd”).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biāo (biao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biao
    • Wade–Giles: piao¹
    • Yale: byāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biau
    • Palladius: бяо (bjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 苞

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 藨 (biāo, “bulrush”).

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Japanese

Kanji

苞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ひょう (hyō)^{←へう (feu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}
• Kun: つと (tsuto, 苞)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
苞
ほう Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Noun

苞(ほう) • (hō) ^{←はう (fau)?}

1. (botany) bract

Synonyms

• 苞葉(ほうよう) (hōyō)

Derived terms

• 総苞(そうほう) (sōhō, “involucre”)

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Korean

Hanja

苞 • (po) (hangeul 포, revised po, McCune–Reischauer p'o, Yale pho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

苞 (bao, vầu, bào)

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