bào

abalone

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
鱼 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

fish

包 sound component

  Sound component

bāo

  

wrap

Evolution

鲍 Bronze script Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
鲍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鲍 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
鲍 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
鲍 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

bào

abalone; dried fish; surname

() 

Bào

surname Bao

Most common words with 鲍
Freq.
Word
Meaning

surname Bao

鲍威尔

Powell (name)

鲍鱼

abalone

鲍耶

János Bolyai (1802-1860), one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry

鲍罗廷

Borodin (name)