bǎo

reserve

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

保 sound component

  Sound component

bǎo

  

protect

Evolution

葆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
葆 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
葆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bǎo

reserve, preserve; conceal; dense foliage; to cover

Most common words with 葆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to cover

沈葆祯

Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuán​zhèng​Xué​táng] in 1866