鮑
bàoBào

abalone

Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

魚
魚 Meaning component
yú fish
包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbruːʔ
Unicodebhǎu

說文解字

饐魚也。从魚包聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

鲍 bào, bāo, pāo abalone Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鱼 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鮑.

Components

鱼
鱼 Meaning component
yú fish
包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode