褒
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to praise; to commend; to honor; (of clothes) large or loose
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,219 U+8912
How 褒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
衣 (semantic, “clothes”) + 保 (phonetic, bǎo)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 保
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 保 (bǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 保 sound component | bǎo | to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for |
| 煲 | bāo | to heat, to boil; saucepan |
| 葆 | bǎo | dense foliage; to cover, to conceal; to preserve |
Words containing 褒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一字褒贬 | yī zì bāo biǎn | (lit.) to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom); (fig.) concise and powerful… |
| 贬多于褒 | biǎn duō yú bāo | to get more criticism than praise |
| 褒义 | bāo yì | commendatory sense; positive connotation |
| 褒禅山 | Bāo chán Shān | Mt Baochan in Anhui; formerly known as Mt Hua 華山|华山 |
| 褒扬 | bāo yáng | to praise |
| 褒贬 | bāo biǎn | to appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of; praise and censure; appraisal |
| 褒姒 | Bāo sì | Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王[Zhou1 You1 wang2] and one of the famous Chinese b… |
| 褒呔 | bāo tāi | bow tie (loanword) (Cantonese) |