Hanja Analyzer
葆

葆 — bo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
풀 더부룩할 보
Romanization
bo
English
reserve, preserve; conceal
Mandarin
bǎo
Japanese on'yomi
ホ, ホウ
Japanese kun'yomi
し.げる
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
12
Radical
艸 (140, 9 residual)
Phonetic component
保(보)
Unicode
U+8446

Parts that make up 葆

  • 艹 풀 초variant of 艸 돋아난 풀잎 둘풀·나물·약초. 글자 위에 얹힌다
  • 保 지킬 보sound 아이를 업은 사람지키다. ‘보’ 계열의 소리

How 葆 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 葆 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 艸, 保.

Characters sharing the phonetic 保

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “보” in Korean.

Other hanja read “보”

Other hanja with radical 艸

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