葆 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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bǎo

reserve

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 保 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

保 Sound component

bǎo

protect

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bǎo

reserve, preserve; conceal; dense foliage; to cover

Most common words with 葆

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	葆	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[ChuánzhèngXuétáng] in 1866

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3988th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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