# 葆

| 葆 | U+8446, &#33862; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8446 |
| ← 葅 [U+8445] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 葇 → [U+8447] |

## Translingual
### Han character

葆 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿人口木 (TORD), four-corner 4429$_4$, composition ⿱艹保)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1043, character 30
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31381
* Dae Jaweon: page 1504, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3250, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8446

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 襃 | *puː, *puː |
| 保 | *puːʔ |
| 堡 | *puːʔ |
| 褓 | *puːʔ |
| 堢 | *puːʔ |
| 緥 | *puːʔ |
| 葆 | *puːʔ |
| 賲 | *puːʔ |
| 宲 | *puːʔ |
| 椺 | *ɦmluːʔ, *ɢʷeːɡs, *ɢeːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *puːʔ) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 保 (OC *puːʔ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǎo (bao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǎo
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^3$
*** Yale: bǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bao
*** Palladius: бао (bao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^2$
*** Yale: bóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: pawX
Rime :
| Character | 葆 |
| 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$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /pɑu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bou$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*puːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 葆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 323 |
| Phonetic component | 保 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 寶 |
| Old Chinese | /*puːʔ/ |

#### Definitions

葆
* (literary) Alternative form of 保 (bǎo, “to keep; to preserve”)
    永葆青春 ― yǒngbǎo qīngchūn ― to keep alive the fervor of youth
* (literary) luxuriant growth; luxuriant
* (literary) ornament made of feather
* (literary) to hide; to conceal
* (literary) Alternative form of 保 (bǎo), in various other senses.
* (literary) Alternative form of 寶／宝 (bǎo, “treasure; cherish”)
* (literary) Alternative form of 堡 (“castle”)
* (literary) Alternative form of 褓 (bǎo, “swaddling clothes”)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bāo (bao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bao
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^1$
*** Yale: bāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
*** Palladius: бао (bao)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

葆
* (literary) Alternative form of 褒 (“tall; lofty”)
* (literary) Alternative form of 包 (“to wrap; to bind up”)

### Compounds

* 羽葆
* 葆光
* 葆江
* 葆真 (bǎozhēn)
* 葆葆
* 蓬葆

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ほ (ho)、ほう (hō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)
* Kun: もと (moto)、ひこばえ (hikobae)、はねかざり (hanekazari)
* Nanori: かね (kane)、しげ (shige)、しげる (shigeru)、たもつ (tamotsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

葆 • (bo) (hangeul 보, revised bo, McCune–Reischauer po, Yale po)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

葆: Hán Nôm readings: bảo
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