# 寶

| 寶 | U+5BF6, &#23542; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BF6 |
| ← 寵 [U+5BF5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 寷 → [U+5BF7] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 宝 |
| Simplified | 宝 |
| Traditional | 寶 |

### Han character

寶 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+17, 20 strokes, cangjie input 十一山金 (JMUC), four-corner 3080$_6$, composition ⿱𡩧貝)

#### Derived characters

* 𪴥, 𬎞, 軉, 𨰰, 𫘄, 䴐, 𧅤, 𩇉, 𦈆, 𫴫

#### Related characters

* 宝 (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese)

#### 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 寶 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 寶 | *puːʔ |
| 珤 | *puːʔ |
| 缶 | *puʔ |
| 缹 | *puʔ |
Oracle bone script: Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 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 *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 (bao$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bao$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): bou$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): pó
    (Hailu, HRS): bo$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bau$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): bau$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): bǎu
* Eastern Min (BUC): bō̤
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bo$^3$ / bor$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pó / pó͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bo$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$pau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): bau$^3$
* 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/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǎor
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǎor
*** Wade–Giles: pao$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: bǎur
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baol
*** Palladius: баор (baor)
*** Sinological IPA : /paʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bao$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bao
*** Sinological IPA : /pau⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bou$^2$
*** Yale: bóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /pou̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /po³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /po²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /pau³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: bau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pau⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǎu
*** Sinological IPA : /pau²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bō̤
*** Sinological IPA : /po³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bo$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: beô
*** Sinological IPA : /po⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɵ³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bor$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bô̤
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bor$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɒ³³²/
* bo3 - vernacular;
* bor3 - literary.
* 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 | bou$^2$ |
* 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
* treasure; riches; valuables; precious thing
    執到寶／执到宝 [Cantonese] ― zap$^1$ dou$^2$ bou$^2$ [Jyutping] ― to have obtained something wonderful
    From: I Ching, 11th – 8th 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].
    From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th 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."
    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.
* to treasure; to cherish
* to collect (treasures)
* treasured; cherished
* precious; valuable
* (historical) 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) a kind of gambling device
* a surname, Bao
* (Sichuanese) foolish; silly; stupid

#### Synonyms

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

### Compounds

* 七寶 / 七宝 (qībǎo)
* 三寶 / 三宝 (sānbǎo)
* 佛天三寶 / 佛天三宝
* 傳家之寶 / 传家之宝
* 傳家寶 / 传家宝 (chuánjiābǎo)
* 元寶 / 元宝 (yuánbǎo)
* 元寶楓 / 元宝枫
* 兔寶寶 / 兔宝宝
* 八寶 / 八宝 (bābǎo)
* 八寶粥 / 八宝粥 (bābǎozhōu)
* 八寶菜 / 八宝菜 (bābǎocài)
* 八寶飯 / 八宝饭 (bābǎofàn)
* 冥寶 / 冥宝
* 品花寶鑑 / 品花宝鉴
* 唯寶 / 唯宝 (Wéibǎo, “Villeroy & Boch”)
* 嘉寶 / 嘉宝 (Jiābǎo)
* 國寶 / 国宝 (guóbǎo)
* 國寶級 / 国宝级
* 壓寶 / 压宝 (yābǎo)
* 多寶塔 / 多宝塔
* 多寶槅 / 多宝槅
* 大寶 / 大宝 (dàbǎo)
* 大雄寶殿 / 大雄宝殿 (dàxióng bǎo diàn)
* 天寶 / 天宝 (Tiānbǎo)
* 天寶之亂 / 天宝之乱
* 太寶湖 / 太宝湖 (Tàibǎohú)
* 奇珍異寶 / 奇珍异宝 (qízhēnyìbǎo)
* 好來寶 / 好来宝
* 好力寶 / 好力宝
* 如獲珍寶 / 如获珍宝
* 如獲至寶 / 如获至宝 (rúhuòzhìbǎo)
* 子罕辭寶 / 子罕辞宝
* 家中寶 / 家中宝
* 寶中之寶 / 宝中之宝
* 寶位 / 宝位
* 寶倌 / 宝倌
* 寶兒赤 / 宝儿赤
* 寶典 / 宝典 (bǎodiǎn)
* 寶函 / 宝函
* 寶刀 / 宝刀 (bǎodāo)
* 寶刀不老 / 宝刀不老 (bǎodāobùlǎo)
* 寶刀未老 / 宝刀未老 (bǎodāowèilǎo)
* 寶刹
* 寶剎 / 宝刹 (bǎochà)
* 寶劍 / 宝剑 (bǎojiàn)
* 寶匳 / 宝奁
* 寶卷 / 宝卷 (bǎojuàn)
* 寶地 / 宝地 (bǎodì)
* 寶坊 / 宝坊
* 寶塔 / 宝塔 (bǎotǎ)
* 寶塔河 / 宝塔河 (Bǎotǎhé)
* 寶塔糖 / 宝塔糖
* 寶塔線 / 宝塔线
* 寶塔菜 / 宝塔菜
* 寶塔詩 / 宝塔诗 (bǎotǎshī)
* 寶天曼 / 宝天曼 (Bǎotiānmàn)
* 寶婺 / 宝婺
* 寶子 / 宝子
* 寶字 / 宝字
* 寶寶 / 宝宝
* 寶寶盤 / 宝宝盘
* 寶寶裝 / 宝宝装
* 寶局 / 宝局
* 寶山 / 宝山 (bǎoshān)
* 寶山空回 / 宝山空回 (bǎoshānkōnghuí)
* 寶島 / 宝岛 (Bǎodǎo)
* 寶帶 / 宝带 (bǎodài)
* 寶帶橋 / 宝带桥
* 寶幢 / 宝幢
* 寶座 / 宝座 (bǎozuò)
* 寶庫 / 宝库 (bǎokù)
* 寶惜 / 宝惜
* 寶愛 / 宝爱 (bǎo'ài)
* 寶慶 / 宝庆 (Bǎoqìng)
* 寶應 / 宝应
* 寶成鐵路 / 宝成铁路
* 寶扇 / 宝扇
* 寶方 / 宝方
* 寶星 / 宝星
* 寶曆 / 宝历
* 寶書 / 宝书
* 寶月 / 宝月
* 寶月寺 / 宝月寺 (Bǎoyuèsì)
* 寶殿 / 宝殿 (bǎodiàn)
* 寶氣 / 宝气
* 寶泉局 / 宝泉局
* 寶湖 / 宝湖 (Bǎohú)
* 寶源局 / 宝源局
* 寶物 / 宝物 (bǎowù)
* 寶特瓶 / 宝特瓶 (bǎotèpíng)
* 寶玉 / 宝玉 (bǎoyù)
* 寶玩 / 宝玩 (bǎowán)
* 寶珠 / 宝珠 (bǎozhū)
* 寶珠市餅 / 宝珠市饼
* 寶珠茶 / 宝珠茶
* 寶璐 / 宝璐
* 寶瓶 / 宝瓶 (bǎopíng)
* 寶瓶座 / 宝瓶座 (Bǎopíngzuò)
* 寶生佛 / 宝生佛 (Bǎoshēng fó)
* 寶相 / 宝相
* 寶相莊嚴 / 宝相庄严
* 寶眷 / 宝眷 (bǎojuàn)
* 寶石 / 宝石 (bǎoshí)
* 寶石婚 / 宝石婚
* 寶祚 / 宝祚
* 寶筏 / 宝筏
* 寶籙 / 宝箓
* 寶緘 / 宝缄
* 寶肆 / 宝肆
* 寶舟 / 宝舟
* 寶船 / 宝船 (bǎochuán)
* 寶莊 / 宝庄
* 寶蓋 / 宝盖 (bǎogài)
* 寶蓋兒 / 宝盖儿
* 寶蓋山 / 宝盖山
* 寶蓮燈 / 宝莲灯
* 寶藍 / 宝蓝 (bǎolán)
* 寶藏 / 宝藏
* 寶藍色 / 宝蓝色
* 寶號 / 宝号 (bǎohào)
* 寶裡寶氣 / 宝里宝气
* 寶誌 / 宝志
* 寶豐 / 宝丰 (Bǎofēng)
* 寶貝 / 宝贝 (bǎobèi)
* 寶貝疙瘩 / 宝贝疙瘩
* 寶貨 / 宝货 (bǎohuò)
* 寶貨難售 / 宝货难售
* 寶貴 / 宝贵 (bǎoguì)
* 寶軒燈 / 宝轩灯
* 寶輪 / 宝轮
* 寶轎 / 宝轿
* 寶重 / 宝重 (bǎozhòng)
* 寶釵 / 宝钗
* 寶釵樓 / 宝钗楼
* 寶鈔 / 宝钞 (bǎochāo)
* 寶鈿 / 宝钿
* 寶鑑 / 宝鉴
* 寶鑰 / 宝钥
* 寶鑷 / 宝镊
* 寶雞 / 宝鸡 (Bǎojī)
* 寶章 / 宝章
* 寶馬 / 宝马 (bǎomǎ)
* 寶馬香車 / 宝马香车 (bǎomǎ xiāngchē)
* 寶魔 / 宝魔
* 寶鴨 / 宝鸭
* 寶麗來 / 宝丽来 (bǎolìlái)
* 寶鼎 / 宝鼎
* 寶鼎勛章 / 宝鼎勋章
* 尚方寶劍 / 尚方宝剑 (shàngfāng bǎojiàn)
* 展寶 / 展宝
* 希世之寶 / 希世之宝
* 御寶 / 御宝 (yùbǎo)
* 心肝寶貝 / 心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
* 懷寶夜行 / 怀宝夜行
* 懷寶迷邦 / 怀宝迷邦
* 押寶 / 押宝 (yābǎo)
* 抱寶懷珍 / 抱宝怀珍
* 招財進寶 / 招财进宝 (zhāocáijìnbǎo)
* 撚寶 / 撚宝
* 數來寶 / 数来宝
* 文房四寶 / 文房四宝 (wénfángsìbǎo)
* 枕中鴻寶 / 枕中鸿宝
* 東北三寶 / 东北三宝
* 東寶 / 东宝 (Dōngbǎo)
* 梁皇寶懺 / 梁皇宝忏
* 毛寶放龜 / 毛宝放龟
* 法寶 / 法宝 (fǎbǎo)
* 活寶 / 活宝 (huóbǎo)
* 活寶貝 / 活宝贝
* 無價之寶 / 无价之宝 (wújiàzhībǎo)
* 無價寶 / 无价宝
* 爨寶子碑 / 爨宝子碑
* 牛黃狗寶 / 牛黄狗宝
* 物華天寶 / 物华天宝
* 狗寶 / 狗宝
* 獄貨非寶 / 狱货非宝
* 獻寶 / 献宝
* 王寶釧 / 王宝钏
* 珍寶 / 珍宝 (zhēnbǎo)
* 珠光寶氣 / 珠光宝气 (zhūguāngbǎoqì)
* 珠寶 / 珠宝 (zhūbǎo)
* 現世寶 / 现世宝
* 瑋寶 / 玮宝
* 瑰寶 / 瑰宝 (guībǎo)
* 甜八寶 / 甜八宝
* 異寶奇珍 / 异宝奇珍
* 登大寶 / 登大宝
* 白寶 / 白宝
* 百寶嵌 / 百宝嵌
* 百寶盒 / 百宝盒
* 百寶箱 / 百宝箱 (bǎibǎoxiāng)
* 祕寶 / 秘宝 (mìbǎo)
* 萬寶 / 万宝 (Wànbǎo)
* 萬寶囊 / 万宝囊
* 稀世珍寶 / 稀世珍宝 (xīshìzhēnbǎo)
* 穴寶蓋兒 / 穴宝盖儿
* 糕元寶 / 糕元宝
* 紅寶石 / 红宝石 (hóngbǎoshí)
* 紅寶石婚 / 红宝石婚
* 綠寶石 / 绿宝石 (lǜbǎoshí)
* 綠寶石婚 / 绿宝石婚
* 老來寶 / 老来宝
* 耍寶 / 耍宝 (shuǎbǎo)
* 耍活寶 / 耍活宝
* 聚寶尊王 / 聚宝尊王
* 聚寶盆 / 聚宝盆 (jùbǎopén)
* 臨潼鬥寶 / 临潼斗宝
* 至寶 / 至宝 (zhìbǎo)
* 薛寶釵 / 薛宝钗
* 藍寶石 / 蓝宝石 (lánbǎoshí)
* 蠶寶寶 / 蚕宝宝 (cánbǎobǎo)
* 衣褐懷寶 / 衣褐怀宝
* 被褐懷寶 / 被褐怀宝
* 財寶 / 财宝 (cáibǎo)
* 賈寶玉 / 贾宝玉
* 通寶 / 通宝 (tōngbǎo)
* 通靈寶玉 / 通灵宝玉
* 重寶 / 重宝
* 金寶 / 金宝 (jīnbǎo)
* 鎮家之寶 / 镇家之宝
* 開元通寶 / 开元通宝
* 阿寶 / 阿宝
* 隨身寶 / 随身宝
* 靈霄寶殿 / 灵霄宝殿 (Língxiāobǎodiàn)
* 風月寶鑑 / 风月宝鉴
* 香車寶馬 / 香车宝马 (xiāngchē bǎomǎ)
* 魚籃寶卷 / 鱼篮宝卷
* 墨寶 / 墨宝 (mòbǎo)

### References

* “寶”, 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 | 宝 |
| Kyūjitai | 寶 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 宝)
Kyūjitai form of 宝
* precious objects
* worldly goods
* valuable possessions

#### Readings

* Go-on: ほう (hō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)
* Kan’yō-on: ほ (ho)
* Kun: たから (takara, 寶)

## Korean
### Hanja

寶 (eumhun 보배 보 (bobae bo))
* hanja form of 보 (“treasure; riches; valuables; precious thing”)

#### Compounds

* 보물 (寶物, bomul, “treasure”)
* 국보 (國寶, gukbo, “national treasure”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

寶: Hán Nôm readings: bảo, báu, bửu

### Affix

寶
chữ Hán form of bảo (“precious”).