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寶

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

Chinese

trad. 寶
simp. 宝
alt. forms 寳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (缶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
寶 *puːʔ
珤 *puːʔ
缶 *puʔ
缹 *puʔ

Pronunciation

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
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

Japanese

Kanji

寶

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

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Readings

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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