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褒

褒 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ほめる。相手を良く言う。
  2. ころも。
  3. あつめる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「衣」+音符「孚」。「ゆったりした衣服」を意味する漢語｛褒｝を表す字。のち仮借して「ほめる」を意味する漢語｛褒｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

praise, extol

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ホウHS
Kun (native)
  • ほ(める)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音bao1
  • 한글po
  • Hán-ViệtBao

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
衣(ころも)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8912

Components

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

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿴衣保

Words using this kanji

  • 褒賞ほうしょうすぐれた行為や作品などに対する、正の。又、その印として与える金品や賞状など。prize, award, reward
  • 褒めるほめるほめる 参照to praise, to commend, to compliment, to speak well of
  • 褒美ほうび褒めること。 奨励のために与える金品。褒賞。reward, prize
  • 褒章ほうしょう栄典の記章。 栄典の一種で、功績顕著な者を表彰することを目的とする（褒賞条例第1条 - 紅綬褒章、緑綬褒章、黄綬褒章、紫綬褒章、藍綬褒章、紺綬褒章）。medal of honour, medal of merit
  • 褒辞ほうじよいことを褒める言葉。褒詞。praise, eulogy
  • 褒奨ほうしょうcompensation
  • 褒状ほうじょうcertificate of merit
  • 褒貶ほうへん褒めることと、貶すこと。praise and censure, criticism
  • 褒称ほうしょうpraising, admiring, exalting
  • 褒詞ほうしよいことを褒める言葉。褒辞。praise, eulogy
  • 褒め歌うほめうたうto sing praises to
  • 褒め合いほめあいlogrolling tactics
  • 褒め殺しほめごろしmockery by means of excessive praise, damning with lavish praise, backhanded compliment
  • 褒め殺すほめごろすto compliment and criticize lavishly (criticise)
  • 褒め言葉ほめことばwords of praise, eulogy, compliment
  • 褒め奉るほめまつるto praise, to render homage to
  • 褒め上手ほめじょうずbeing good at giving compliments, person who is good at giving compliments, charmer
  • 褒めそやすほめそやすto extol, to laud, to sing the praises of
  • 褒めちぎるほめちぎるto praise (to the skies), to sing the praises (of), to extol
  • 褒め称えるほめたたえるto praise highly, to sing the praises of, to applaud, to acclaim

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-13
Four Corner
0073.2
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2j13.1
Heisig
1073
Nelson
331