páo
long gown
A cloth 衤 wrap 包; 包 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 袍
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
gown (lined) | ||
gown | ||
cheongsam | ||
Chinese-style gown | ||
nightgown |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*m.[p]ˤu | baw | páo | long robe |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 4.4530% of movies
2424th most common character in movies
2324th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+888D |
Shuowen | “袍，襺也。从衣，包聲。《論語》曰：‘衣弊縕袍。’” |
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