葆

葆 U+8446, 葆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8446 ← 葅 [U+8445] CJK Unified Ideographs 葇 → [U+8447]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• 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

Chinese

trad.		葆
simp. #		葆

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
襃	*puː, *puː
保	*puːʔ
堡	*puːʔ
褓	*puːʔ
堢	*puːʔ
緥	*puːʔ
葆	*puːʔ
賲	*puːʔ
宲	*puːʔ
椺	*ɦmluːʔ, *ɢʷeːɡs, *ɢeːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *puːʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 保 (OC *puːʔ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎo (bao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎo
    • Wade–Giles: pao³
    • Yale: bǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou²
    • Yale: bóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pawX

Rime
Character	葆
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/
Bernard Karlgren	/pɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*puːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	葆
Reading #	1/1
No.	323
Phonetic component	保
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	寶
Old Chinese	/*puːʔ/

Definitions

葆

1. (literary) Alternative form of 保 (bǎo, “to keep; to preserve”)

   永葆青春  ―  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 保 (bǎo), in various other senses.
6. (literary) Alternative form of 寶／宝 (bǎo, “treasure; cherish”)
7. (literary) Alternative form of 堡 (“castle”)
8. (literary) Alternative form of 褓 (bǎo, “swaddling clothes”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāo (bao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ

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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/

Definitions

葆

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

Compounds

• 羽葆
• 葆光
• 葆江
• 葆真 (bǎozhēn)
• 葆葆
• 蓬葆

 

Japanese

Kanji

葆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ほ (ho); ほう (hō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: もと (moto); ひこばえ (hikobae); はねかざり (hanekazari)
• Nanori: かね (kane); しげ (shige); しげる (shigeru); たもつ (tamotsu)

Korean

Hanja

葆 • (bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune–Reischauer po, Yale po)

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Vietnamese

Han character

葆: Hán Nôm readings: bảo

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