Chinese Character 宝 Meanings and components.

Form

宝

Meaning

宝 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 寶|宝[Bao3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 宝 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'roof' radical in … (宀) , and jade (玉)

Its radical[1] is: 宀 (mian2) which means: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc, See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4], .宀mian2'roof' radical …

In cangjie it is written with JMGI

How to write 宝

To write宝bao3variant of … you should write a combination of 宀mian2'roof' radical … , 玉yu4jade arranged in a 吕 shape:

宀 + 玉 = 宝

宝 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 宝 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 宝, looks as follow:

宝
Pinyin:bao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 寶|宝[Bao3]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
玉
Pinyin:yu4
Meaning[3]: Jade
王
Pinyin:wang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Wang
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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