páo

gourd

Components

Meaning component
kuā exaggerate

extravagant

Sound component
bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbæw[b]ˤrugourd
Zhengzhangbruː

說文解字

瓠也。从包,从夸聲。包,取其可包藏物也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica