袍

袍 U+888D, 袍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-888D ← 袌 [U+888C] CJK Unified Ideographs 袎 → [U+888E]

Translingual

Han character

袍 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+5, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 中心口山 (LPRU), four-corner 3721₂, composition ⿰衤包)

Derived characters

• 𬞆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1113, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34174
• Dae Jaweon: page 1579, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3084, character 6
• Unihan data for U+888D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		袍
alternative forms		袌

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 袍
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
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 *buː): semantic 衣 (“clothing”) + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páo (pao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): pau²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phàu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pau²

• Jin (Wiktionary): pau¹
• Northern Min (KCR): bǎu
• Eastern Min (BUC): bò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phàu / pô͘ / phâu / pâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pao⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶bau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau²

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páor
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄠˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páor
    • Wade–Giles: pʻao²-ʼrh
    • Yale: páur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: paurl
    • Palladius: паор (paor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pou⁴
    • Yale: pòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰou̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau²⁴/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phàu
    • Hakka Romanization System: pau^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pau²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰau̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pau²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰau¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: pau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pʰau¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǎu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phàu / pô͘ / phâu / pâu
    • Tâi-lô: phàu / pôo / phâu / pâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaux, poo, phaau, paau
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /pʰau²¹/, /pɔ²⁴/, /pʰau²⁴/, /pau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰau⁴¹/, /pɔ²⁴/, /pʰau²⁴/, /pau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰau²¹/, /pɔ¹³/, /pʰau¹³/, /pau¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /pʰau¹¹/, /pɔ²⁴/, /pʰau²⁴/, /pau²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰau²¹/, /pɔ²³/, /pʰau²³/, /pau²³/

Note:

• phàu - popular (俗), generally used in most words;
• pô͘ - variant in 龍袍, 黃袍;
• phâu, pâu - variants.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: pao⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phâu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶bau
    • MiniDict: bau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³bau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɔ²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: bau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒu̯¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 袍
Mandarin	Beijing	/pʰɑu³⁵/
	Harbin	/pʰau²⁴/
	Tianjin	/pʰɑu⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/pʰɔ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/pʰɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/pʰau⁴²/
	Xi'an	/pʰau²⁴/
	Xining	/pʰɔ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/pʰɔ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/pʰɔ⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/pʰɔ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/pʰau²¹³/
	Chengdu	/pʰau³¹/
	Guiyang	/pʰao²¹/
	Kunming	/pʰɔ³¹/
	Nanjing	/pʰɔo²⁴/
	Hefei	/pʰɔ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pʰau¹¹/
	Pingyao	/pʰɔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/pʰɔ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/bɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/bæ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/bɔ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/bɜ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰɔ⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/pʰə⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/pau¹³/
	Xiangtan	/baɯ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/pʰɑu²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰau¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/pʰɑu¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pʰou²¹/
	Nanning	/pʰu²¹/
	Hong Kong	/pʰou²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pɔ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/po⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/pau²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pʰau⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔbau³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: baw

Rime
Character	袍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	薄襃切
Baxter	baw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/bɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/bɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baw/
Li Rong	/bɑu/
Wang Li	/bɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m.[p]ˤu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*buː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	袍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	páo
Middle Chinese	‹ baw ›
Old Chinese	/*m.[p]ˁu/
English	long robe
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	袍
Reading #	1/1
No.	265
Phonetic component	勹
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	袍
Old Chinese	/*buː/

Definitions

袍

1. (Chinese-style) long gown, robe, or cloak

Compounds

• 同袍 (tóngpáo)
• 同袍同澤 / 同袍同泽
• 大紅袍 / 大红袍 (dàhóngpáo)
• 夾袍 / 夹袍
• 奪錦袍 / 夺锦袍
• 孝袍
• 戰袍 / 战袍 (zhànpáo)
• 打龍袍 / 打龙袍
• 擐甲披袍
• 旗袍 (qípáo)
• 棉袍
• 浴袍 (yùpáo)
• 皁袍 / 皂袍
• 睡袍 (shuìpáo)
• 秉笏披袍
• 穿袍兒的 / 穿袍儿的
• 粉袍
• 紫袍玉帶 / 紫袍玉带
• 綈袍 / 绨袍
• 綈袍之賜 / 绨袍之赐
• 綈袍之贈 / 绨袍之赠
• 綈袍垂愛 / 绨袍垂爱
• 縕袍 / 缊袍 (yùnpáo)
• 罩袍 (zhàopáo)
• 羅袍象簡 / 罗袍象简
• 與子同袍 / 与子同袍
• 蟒袍 (mǎngpáo)
• 衣袍
• 袍仗
• 袍哥
• 袍子 (páozi)
• 袍服
• 袍澤 / 袍泽 (páozé)
• 袍笏
• 袍笏登場 / 袍笏登场
• 袍罩
• 袍袖 (páoxiù)
• 袍褂
• 袍鎧 / 袍铠 (páokǎi)
• 裹黃袍 / 裹黄袍
• 道袍 (dàopáo)
• 道袍竹冠
• 錦袍 / 锦袍 (jǐnpáo)
• 長袍 / 长袍 (chángpáo)
• 青袍 (qīngpáo)
• 黃袍 / 黄袍 (huángpáo)
• 黃袍加身 / 黄袍加身 (huángpáojiāshēn)
• 龍袍 / 龙袍 (lóngpáo)

Japanese

Kanji

袍

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: わたいれ (wataire)、うえのきぬ (uenokinu)

Compounds

• 位袍(いほう) (ihō)
• 褞袍(うんぽう) (unpō), 褞袍(どてら) (dotera)
• 錦袍(きんぽう) (kinpō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
袍
ほう Hyōgai
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほー [hóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ː]

Noun

袍(ほう) • (hō) 

1. round-collared skirted over-robe, worn as the outermost layer of court dress by civil officials. Made of figured silk in winter, and silk-gauze in summer, and dyed according to the rank of the wearer.

See also

• 闕腋(けってき)の袍(ほう) (kettekinohō) worn by military officials and as part of dance costumes
• 縫腋(ほうえき)の袍(ほう) (hōekinohō) worn by civil officials
• 束帯(そくたい) (sokutai)
• 布袴(ほうこ) (hōko)
• 衣冠(いかん) (ikan)
• 直衣(のうし) (nōshi)
• 襖(あお) (ao)

References

• “^▲袍”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

袍: Hán Nôm readings: bào, bâu

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