褓
bǎo

swaddling cloth

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

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes
保
保 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