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褓

bǎo

swaddling cloth; infancy

💡 Ideographic: A cloth 衤 used to protect 保 an infant; 保 also provides the pronunciation

HSK 14 strokes Uncommon (50%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for

⿰衤保 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

yī

衤

cloth

5 strokes

bǎo

保

to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for

🔤 Pictophonetic: 亻 (person) provides meaning, 呆 provides pronunciation

9 strokes HSK 4

rén

亻

man, person; people

💡 Ideographic: Visual abbreviation of 人

2 strokes

dāi

呆

dull, simple, stupid

💡 Ideographic: One with wooden 木 speech 口

7 strokes HSK 5

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

mù

木

tree; wood, lumber; wooden

📷 Pictographic: A tree

4 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

bā

八

eight; all around, all sides

💡 Ideographic: Two bent lines meaning "to divide"

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 褓 (2)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

褓 ↗

bǎo

cloth for carrying baby on back

bǎo

褓 ↗

cloth for carrying baby on back

襁褓 ↗

qiǎngbǎo

swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy

qiǎngbǎo

襁褓 ↗

swaddling clothes / fig. early stage of development / infancy