bào​wō

brood

bào embrace

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

SoundIconic component
bāo wrap

Depicts a person () hugging a child ().

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbawX[m-p]ˤuʔ carry in the arms

說文解字

《說文》:“捊,引取也。从手,孚聲。抱,捊或从包。”

Sources

nest Simplified

Components

Meaning component
xué, jué cave

cave

Sound component
guō, wāi, hé chat

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

nest Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xué, jué cave
Sound component
chat

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqloːl

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang