# 褒

| 褒 | U+8912, &#35090; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8912 |
| ← 褑 [U+8911] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 褓 → [U+8913] |

## Translingual
### Han character

褒 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜人木女 (YODV), four-corner 0073$_2$, composition ⿴衣保 or ⿳亠保𧘇)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1121, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34437
* Dae Jaweon: page 1588, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3101, character 9
* Unihan data for U+8912

## 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 *puː, *puː): semantic 衣 + phonetic 保 (OC *puːʔ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bāo (bao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pô
* Eastern Min (BUC): bŏ̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): po / po͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pao$^1$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^1$
*** Yale: bōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pô
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /po²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏ̤
*** Sinological IPA : /po⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po
*** Tâi-lô: po
*** Phofsit Daibuun: poy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /po³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /po⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po͘
*** Tâi-lô: poo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pof
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: pao$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phau
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰau³³/
* Middle Chinese: paw
Rime :
| Character | 褒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 博毛切 |
| Baxter | paw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /paw/ |
| Li Rong | /pɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /pɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bou$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤu/
    (Zhengzhang): /*puː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 褒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bāo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ paw › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁu/ |
| English | praise (v.) |
| 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 | 褒 | 褒 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 316 | 317 |
| Phonetic component | 保 | 保 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 襃 | 襃 |
| Old Chinese | /*puː/ | /*puː/ |

#### Definitions

褒
* to praise; to honor; to commend
    Antonym: 貶 / 贬 (biǎn)
* positive polarity
    Antonym: 貶 / 贬 (biǎn)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to have large 衣襟 (yījīn)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) large; vast; wide
* (historical) A mountain valley in the east of Mian County, Shaanxi Province.
* (historical) An ancient state whose city is in the east of Mian County, Shaanxi Province.

#### Compounds

* 一字褒貶 / 一字褒贬 (yīzì-bāobiǎn)
* 相褒戲 / 相褒戏
* 落褒貶 / 落褒贬
* 褒善貶惡 / 褒善贬恶
* 褒大
* 褒封
* 褒彈 / 褒弹
* 褒忠鄉 / 褒忠乡
* 褒成侯
* 褒揚 / 褒扬 (bāoyáng)
* 褒歌
* 褒狀 / 褒状
* 褒獎 / 褒奖 (bāojiǎng)
* 褒美 (bāoměi)
* 褒義 / 褒义 (bāoyì)
* 褒義詞 / 褒义词 (bāoyìcí)
* 褒衣
* 褒衣博帶 / 褒衣博带
* 褒詞 / 褒词 (bāocí)
* 褒談 / 褒谈
* 褒讚 / 褒赞
* 褒貶 / 褒贬 (bāobiǎn)
* 褒貶與奪 / 褒贬与夺
* 褒賞 / 褒赏 (bāoshǎng)
* 褒賚 / 褒赉
* 褒賢遏惡 / 褒贤遏恶
* 褒贊 / 褒赞
* 褒鄂
* 褒采一介
* 褒錄 / 褒录
* 褒章

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): póu (pou$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄡˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: póu
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: póu
*** Wade–Giles: pʻou$^2$
*** Yale: póu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pour
*** Palladius: поу (pou)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰoʊ̯³⁵/

#### Definitions

褒
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 裒 (póu, “to gather; to collect”)
    From: 淸·惲敬《〈誦芬錄〉序》
    Hòushì shāo póují jiāyánshànxíng yǐ fùyì zhī. [Pinyin]
    The later generation then collects fine words and good deeds to add to it

#### Compounds

* 襃集 (póují)

### References

* “褒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 褒 |
| Kyūjitai | 襃 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 襃)
* to praise, to commend
* to compliment, congratulate, to give a pat on the back to
* to speak well of, to speak highly of, to recommend
* to acclaim, to extol, to applaud (figuratively), to sing the praises of (figuratively)
* to honor, exalt, glorify
* to admire, to look up to, to render homage to, to express admiration for

#### Readings

* Go-on: ほ (ho)、ほう (hō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
* Kun: ほめる (homeru, 褒める, Jōyō)

## Korean
### Hanja

褒 • (po, bo, bu) (hangeul 포, 보, 부, revised po, bo, bu, McCune–Reischauer p'o, po, pu, Yale pho, po, pu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

褒: Hán Việt readings: bao
褒: Nôm readings: bao
* chữ Hán form of bao (“to praise; to honor; to commend”).

#### Compounds

* 褒貶 (bao biếm)
* 褒獎 (bao tưởng)
* 褒賞 (bao thưởng)

### References

* 1 2 Văn Mới (1954).
* 1 2 Trần (2004).