bǎo

swaddling cloth

A cloth  used to protect  an infant;  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
clothes
SoundMeaning component
bǎo protect

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpuːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica