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See also: 宝, 寳, and 珤

寶	U+5BF6, 寶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BF6

← 寵
[U+5BF5]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000023542

寷 →
[U+5BF7]

Category:Han script characters#%20寶

Translingual

Japanese	宝
Simplified	宝
Traditional	寶

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 293, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7376
Dae Jaweon: page 579, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 958, character 3
Unihan data for U+5BF6

Chinese

trad.		寶
simp.		宝
alternative forms		寳珤𤥖㻄𡧖寳珤𤥖㻄𡧖宲𡩧𡧰寚𪧬𡪓𡫷𤥯𤨷𠋾𠍙𢉣𢉔𢉹𫴫𫴦𫴅𡫿𡫷𫳽𭔟靌𩇉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 寶
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (缶) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
寶	*puːʔ
珤	*puːʔ
缶	*puʔ
缹	*puʔ

Oracle bone script: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意)Category:Han ideogrammic compounds#宀17: 宀 (“house”) + 𤣩 (“jade”) + 貝 (“cowry”) – treasures in a house.

The phonetic component 缶 (OC *puʔ) was added to the character in bronze inscriptions.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#宀17 Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#宀17 *pəw (“price”); cognate with Burmese အဖိုး (a.hpui:, “price”) (Schuessler, 2007; STEDT). Peiros and Starostin (1996) also compares it to Tibetan སྤུས (spus, “goods”). Sagart (1999) relates it to 富 (OC *pɯɡs, “rich”). Schuessler (2007) proposes that it could be the same word as 保 (OC *puːʔ, “to take care of; to consider something precious”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bǎo (bao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bao³
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bou²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bau²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pó

(Hailu, HRS): bo^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): bau³
Jin (Wiktionary): bau²
Northern Min (KCR): bǎu
Eastern Min (BUC): bō̤
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bo³ / bor³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pó / pó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): bo²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵pau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎo
  - Wade–Giles: pao³
  - Yale: bǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao
  - Palladius: бао (bao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎor
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎor
  - Wade–Giles: pao³-ʼrh
  - Yale: bǎur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baol
  - Palladius: баор (baor)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bao³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bou²
  - Yale: bóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bau²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo³
  - Sinological IPA: /po³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /po²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bau³
  - Sinological IPA: /pau³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: bau²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pau⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǎu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bō̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bo³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po³³²/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bor³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bor³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒ³³²/

Note:

bo3 - vernacular;
bor3 - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó
  - Tâi-lô: pó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poir
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /po⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /po⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó͘
  - Tâi-lô: póo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: por
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bo²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵pau
  - MiniDict: pau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pɔ³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: bau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɒu̯⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: pawX

Rime
Character	寶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	博抱切
Baxter	pawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/pɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/pɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/paw^X/
Li Rong	/pɑu^X/
Wang Li	/pɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɑu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bou²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤuʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*puːʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	寶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ paw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁuʔ/
English	precious thing
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寶
Reading #	1/1
No.	3264
Phonetic component	缶
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	寶
Old Chinese	/*puːʔ/

Definitions

寶Category:Chinese lemmas#宀17 Category:Chinese hanzi#宀17 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#宀17 Category:Pages with entries#寶 Category:Pages with 5 entries#寶

treasure; riches; valuables; precious thing
執到寶／执到宝 [Cantonese] ― zap¹ dou² bou² [Jyutping] ― to have obtained something wonderfulCategory:Cantonese terms with usage examples
- 天地之大德曰生，聖人之大寶曰位。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  天地之大德曰生，圣人之大宝曰位。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE
  Tiāndì zhī dàdé yuē shēng, shèngrén zhī dàbǎo yuē wèi. [Pinyin]
  The great attribute of heaven and earth is the giving and maintaining life. What is most precious for the sage is to get the [highest] place - [in which he can be the human representative of heaven and earth].
  Category:Literary Chinese terms with quotations
- 宋人或得玉，獻諸子罕，子罕弗受。獻玉者曰：「以示玉人，玉人以為寶也，故敢獻之。」
  子罕曰：「我以不貪為寶，爾以玉為寶，若以與我，皆喪寶也。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  宋人或得玉，献诸子罕，子罕弗受。献玉者曰：「以示玉人，玉人以为宝也，故敢献之。」
  子罕曰：「我以不贪为宝，尔以玉为宝，若以与我，皆丧宝也。」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Sòng rén huò dé yù, xiàn zhū Zǐhǎn, Zǐhǎn fú shòu. Xiàn yù zhě yuē: “Yǐ shì yùrén, yùrén yǐwèi bǎo yě, gù gǎn xiàn zhī.”
  Zǐhǎn yuē: “Wǒ yǐ bù tān wèi bǎo, ěr yǐ yù wèi bǎo, ruò yǐ yǔ wǒ, jiē sàng bǎo yě.” [Pinyin]
  Someone in Song had obtained a jade, which he presented to Zihan. Zihan would not accept it. The one presenting the jade said, "I have shown it to the jade workers, and they believe that it is a treasure. Therefore I presume to present it to you."
  Zihan said, "I consider not being greedy as a treasure; you consider the jade a treasure. If you give it to me, both of us will lose our treasures."
  Category:Literary Chinese terms with quotations
- 勤為無價之寶，慎是護身之符。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  勤为无价之宝，慎是护身之符。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Mingxin baojian, 1393
  Qín wèi wújià zhī bǎo, shèn shì hùshēn zhī fú. [Pinyin]
  Diligence is a priceless treasure; prudence is a protective talisman.
  Category:Literary Chinese terms with quotations
to treasure; to cherish
to collect (treasures)
treasured; cherished
precious; valuable
(historical Category:Chinese terms with historical senses#宀17) jade token
term of respect, for things related to the emperor, to Buddhism, to Taoism, or to other people
(term of endearment) darling; baby; dear
(gambling Category:zh:Gambling#宀17) a kind of gambling device
a surname, BaoCategory:Chinese surnames#宀17
(Sichuanese Category:Sichuanese Chinese#宀17) foolish; silly; stupid

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 傻 (“foolish”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		傻
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	傻
	Taiwan	傻
	Singapore	傻, 戇
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	傻
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	瓜
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	哈, 瓜, 寶
	Wuhan	苕, 哈, 嘎
	Guilin	哈
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	呆, 木足, 瓜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	呆, 傻
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戇, 傻, 戇居
	Hong Kong	傻, 戇, 戇居
	Taishan	傻, 吽, 戇
	Dongguan	戇, 傻, 吽
	Yangjiang	傻, 戇
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	傻, 戇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	傻, 戇
Gan	Nanchang	蟬
Hakka	Meixian	傻, 戇
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	戇, 傻
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	傻
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	戇
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	戇
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Boluo (Bendihua)	呆愕
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	戇
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	戇鬼
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	傻
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	慢, 嚒
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	戇
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	傻
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	戇鳩
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	戇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	戇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	戇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	戇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	戇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	戇
Jin	Taiyuan	傻, 二不楞
Northern Min	Jian'ou	賴, 戇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	戇
	Fuzhou (Changle)	戇
	Fuqing	戇
	Yongtai	戇
	Gutian	阿褒
	Fu'an	戇
	Ningde	戇, 庸
	Shouning	戇, 庸
	Zhouning	戇
	Fuding	庸
	Matsu	戇
Southern Min	Xiamen	戇
	Quanzhou	戇, 潲面 vulgar
	Zhangzhou	戇, 哚哥, 潲面 vulgar
	Zhao'an	戇
	Kaohsiung	戇
	Changhua (Lukang)	戇
	Taichung	戇
	Taichung (Wuqi)	呆
	Tainan	槌, 戇
	Hsinchu	戇
	Penghu (Magong)	戇
	Penang (Hokkien)	戇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	戇, 悇, 呆, 歁戇, 戇戇, 戇呆, 呆呆, 悇悇
	Manila (Hokkien)	戇, 戇戇, 洽, 洽潲 vulgar, 洽仔, 山猴, 三八, 三八潲 vulgar
	Chaozhou	㦙, 白仁, 戇
	Jieyang	㦙, 白仁, 戇
	Singapore (Teochew)	㦙, 戇, 悇
	Wenchang	戇, 傻
	Haikou	戇
	Qionghai	戇
	Singapore (Hainanese)	戇
Wu	Shanghai	戇, 壽, 糞
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	戇, 壽, 踱
	Suzhou	戇, 壽, 踱
	Wuxi	戇, 壽
	Tongxiang	踱
	Ningbo	呆, 戇
	Wenzhou	呆, 憨
Xiang	Changsha	寶, 醒
Xiang	Shuangfeng	哈