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苞

bāo

Character

What 苞 means

1. bud
2. flower calyx
3. luxuriant
4. profuse

Words starting with 苞

• 苞米bāo mǐ(dialect) corn; maize
• 苞片bāo piànbract (botany)
• 苞谷bāo gǔvariant of 包谷
• 苞粟bāo sùvariant of 包粟
• 苞藏祸心bāo cáng huò xīnvariant of 包藏祸心

Words containing 苞

• 含苞hán bāo(of a plant) to be in bud
• 花苞huā bāoflower bud
• 开苞kāi bāoto deflower
• 含苞待放hán bāo dài fàngin bud; budding

Characters built on 包

These share the phonetic component 包 (bāo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 抱bàoto hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug
• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 胞bāoplacenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 鲍bàoabalone
• 饱bǎoto eat till full; satisfied
• 袍páogown (lined)

Characters that look like 苞

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute
• 宪xiànstatute; constitution
• 芭bāan unidentified fragrant plant mentioned in the Songs of Chu 楚辞; used in 芭蕉…
• 秉bǐngto grasp; to hold; to maintain
• 邑yìcity; village
• 羌qiāngmuntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)

Sounds the same

Read bāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 包to cover; to wrap; to hold
• 胞placenta; womb; born of the same parents
• 煲deep cooking pot; to cook slowly in such a pot
• 剥to peel; to skin; to shell
• 褒to praise; to commend; to honor
• 炮to sauté; to fry; to dry by heating
• 孢spore
• 龅(of a bucktooth) to protrude; to stick out
• 蕔a kind of grass (old)
• 勹old variant of 包
• 闁old variant of 褒; to praise