褒

See also: 襃

褒 U+8912, 褒 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 0073₂, 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

trad.		褒
simp. #		褒
alternative forms		襃 𧛙 裦 裒 闁

Glyph origin

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

	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 (bao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pô
• Eastern Min (BUC): bŏ̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): po / po͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pao¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bao
    • Wade–Giles: pao¹
    • Yale: bāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bau
    • Palladius: бао (bao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: bou¹
    • Yale: bōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pô
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /po²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bŏ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /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: pao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰau³³/

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• 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	bou1

• 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

1. to praise; to honor; to commend

   Antonym: 貶／贬 (biǎn)

2. positive polarity

   Antonym: 貶／贬 (biǎn)

3. ^† to have large 衣襟 (yījīn)
4. ^† large; vast; wide
5. (historical) A mountain valley in the east of Mian County, Shaanxi Province.
6. (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 (pou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: póu
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: póu
    • Wade–Giles: pʻou²
    • Yale: póu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pour
    • Palladius: поу (pou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoʊ̯³⁵/

Definitions

褒

1. ^† Alternative form of 裒 (póu, “to gather; to collect”)

   • 後世稍襃集嘉言善行以附益之。 [MSC, trad.]
     后世稍襃集嘉言善行以附益之。 [MSC, simp.]

     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)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	褒
Kyūjitai	襃

Kanji

褒

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 襃)

1. praise, commend
2. compliment, congratulate, give a pat on the back to
3. speak well of, speak highly of, recommend
4. acclaim, extol, applaud [figuratively], sing the praises of [figuratively]
5. honor, exalt, glorify
6. admire, look up to, render homage 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

1. chữ Hán form of bao (“to praise; to honor; to commend”).

Compounds

Compounds

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