褒

See also: 襃

褒 U+8912, 褒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8912 ← 褑 [U+8911] CJK Unified Ideographs 褓 → [U+8913]

Translingual

Han character

褒 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+9, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 卜人木女 (YODV), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿴衣保 or ⿳亠保𧘇)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1121, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34437
• Dae Jaweon: page 1588, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3101, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8912

Chinese

trad.		褒
simp. #		褒
alternative forms		襃 𧛙 裦 裒 闁

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 *puː, *puː): semantic 衣 + phonetic 保 (OC *puːʔ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāo (bao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): pô / pâu

  (Hailu, HRS): bo^ˋ / bau^ˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): bŏ̤
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bo¹ / bor¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): po / po͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pao¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹pau / ⁵pau / ³pau / ¹peu
  • (Jinhua): 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: bou¹
    • Yale: bōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pô / pâu
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˊ / bau^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo¹ / bau¹
    • Sinological IPA: /po²⁴/, /pau̯²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ / bau^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /po⁵³/, /pau⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bo¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵⁴⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bor¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bor¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁵⁴⁴/

Note:

• bo1 - vernacular;
• bor1 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Changtai, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po
    • Tâi-lô: po
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poy
    • Sinological IPA (Changtai): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung, Tainan): /pɤ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Yilan, Kinmen): /po⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /po³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po͘
    • Tâi-lô: poo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pof
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ³³/

Note:

• Quanzhou:
  • po - vernacular;
  • po͘ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: pao¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phau
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jingjiang, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haining, Haiyan, Xiaoshan, Fuyang, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ¹pau
    • MiniDict: pau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /pɔ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɓɔ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pæ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /paɯ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jingjiang): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /pɔ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /pɔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Haining): /pɔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /pɔ⁵¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /pɒ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /pɔ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /pɒ⁵²/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /pɔ⁵²/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /pɔ⁵³/
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵pau
    • MiniDict: pau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³⁴/
  • (Northern: Chongming, Suzhou, Yixing, Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³pau
    • MiniDict: pau^上
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /pɔ⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /pæ⁵¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Yixing): /pau⁵²/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /pɔ⁵³/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Shaoxing, Cixi)
    • Wugniu: ¹peu
    • MiniDict: peu^平
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɓɯ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /pɤ⁵²/
    • Sinological IPA (Cixi): /pɤ³²⁴/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ¹pau
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /pɑu³³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: paw

Rime
Character	褒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博毛切
Baxter	paw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw/
Li Rong	/pɑu/
Wang Li	/pɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤu/

  (Zhengzhang): /*puː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	褒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bāo
Middle Chinese	‹ paw ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁu/
English	praise (v.)
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	褒	褒
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	316	317
Phonetic component	保	保
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	襃	襃
Old Chinese	/*puː/	/*puː/

Definitions

褒

1. to praise; to honor; to commend

   Antonym: 貶 / 贬 (biǎn)

2. positive polarity

   Antonym: 貶 / 贬 (biǎn)

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to have large 衣襟 (yījīn)
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) large; vast; wide
5. (historical) A mountain valley in the east of Mian County, Shaanxi Province.
6. (historical) An ancient state whose city is in the east of Mian County, Shaanxi Province.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 誇獎 (“to praise; to compliment”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		誇獎, 稱讚, 稱許, 讚許, 嘉許, 讚揚, 誇讚
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Singapore	稱讚, 誇獎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	讚, 誇獎
	Hong Kong	讚
	Singapore (Guangfu)	讚, 誇獎
Gan	Nanchang	誇, 誇獎, 稱讚
Hakka	Meixian	誇, 誇獎, 誇讚, 稱讚, 讚, 讚揚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿腦, 誇獎, 稱讚
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	阿腦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿腦, 誇獎
Southern Min	Xiamen	呵咾, 褒
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	呵咾
	Quanzhou	呵咾, 褒
	Zhangzhou	呵咾, 褒
	Zhao'an	呵咾
	Taipei	呵咾, 褒
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	呵咾, 褒
	Kaohsiung	呵咾, 褒
	Yilan	呵咾, 褒
	Changhua (Lukang)	呵咾, 褒
	Taichung	呵咾, 褒
	Tainan	呵咾, 褒
	Hsinchu	呵咾, 褒
	Kinmen	褒
	Penghu (Magong)	褒
	Penang (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Singapore (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Manila (Hokkien)	呵咾
	Chaozhou	呵咾
	Shantou	呵咾, 誇獎, 誇, 讚揚, 稱讚
	Singapore (Teochew)	呵咾
	Leizhou	呵咾

Compounds

• 一字褒貶 / 一字褒贬 (yīzì-bāobiǎn)
• 相褒戲 / 相褒戏
• 落褒貶 / 落褒贬
• 褒善貶惡 / 褒善贬恶
• 褒大
• 褒封
• 褒彈 / 褒弹
• 褒忠鄉 / 褒忠乡
• 褒成侯
• 褒揚 / 褒扬 (bāoyáng)
• 褒歌
• 褒狀 / 褒状
• 褒獎 / 褒奖 (bāojiǎng)
• 褒美 (bāoměi)
• 褒義 / 褒义 (bāoyì)
• 褒義詞 / 褒义词 (bāoyìcí)
• 褒衣
• 褒衣博帶 / 褒衣博带
• 褒詞 / 褒词 (bāocí)
• 褒談 / 褒谈
• 褒讚 / 褒赞
• 褒貶 / 褒贬 (bāobiǎn)
• 褒貶與奪 / 褒贬与夺
• 褒賞 / 褒赏 (bāoshǎng)
• 褒賚 / 褒赉
• 褒賢遏惡 / 褒贤遏恶
• 褒贊 / 褒赞
• 褒鄂
• 褒采一介
• 褒錄 / 褒录
• 褒章

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): póu (pou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: póu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: póu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻou²
    • Yale: póu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pour
    • Palladius: поу (pou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

褒

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 裒 (póu, “to gather; to collect”)

   • 後世稍襃集嘉言善行以附益之。 [MSC, trad.]
     后世稍襃集嘉言善行以附益之。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 淸·惲敬《〈誦芬錄〉序》

     Hòushì shāo póují jiāyánshànxíng yǐ fùyì zhī. [Pinyin]

     The later generation then collects fine words and good deeds to add to it

Compounds

• 襃集 (póují)

References

• “褒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	褒
Kyūjitai	襃

Kanji

褒

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 襃)

1. to praise, to commend
2. to compliment, congratulate, to give a pat on the back to
3. to speak well of, to speak highly of, to recommend
4. to acclaim, to extol, to applaud (figuratively), to sing the praises of (figuratively)
5. to honor, exalt, glorify
6. to admire, to look up to, to render homage to, to express admiration for

Readings

• Go-on: ほ (ho)、ほう (hō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ほめる (homeru, 褒める, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

褒 • (po, bo, bu) (hangeul 포, 보, 부, revised po, bo, bu, McCune–Reischauer p'o, po, pu, Yale pho, po, pu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

褒: Hán Việt readings: bao
褒: Nôm readings: bao

1. chữ Hán form of bao (“to praise; to honor; to commend”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 褒貶 (bao biếm)
• 褒獎 (bao tưởng)
• 褒賞 (bao thưởng)