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寶

寶 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 大事なもの、有用なもの。たから。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。甲骨文字は「宀」+「玉」+「貝」、宝石や貝貨といった貴重品が建物に収蔵された様子を象る象形。西周時代に音符「缶」が加えられた。「たから」を意味する漢語｛寶｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

treasure, jewel, precious, rare

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホウ
Kun (native)
  • たから
Nanori (used in names)
  • たか
Other languages
  • 拼音bao3
  • 한글bo
  • Hán-ViệtBảo

Basics

Strokes
20 strokes
Radical
寸(すん)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+5BF6

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱𡩧貝

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-17
Four Corner
3080.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3m5.2
Nelson
1347