bāo

praise

Components
衣 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

clothes

clothes

保 sound component

  Sound component

bǎo

  

protect

Evolution

褒 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
褒 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
褒 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
褒 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bāo

praise, commend, honor, cite; to praise; to commend; to honor; (of clothes) large or loose

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bāo

variant of [bāo]

Most common words with 褒
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to praise

褒贬

to appraise

褒义

commendatory sense

褒扬

to praise

褒姒

Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王[Zhōu​Yōu​wáng] and one of the famous Chinese beauties