宝 bǎo jewel; gem; treasure

Made up of [玉 yù jade , 宀 mián roof radical 40]
Made with 8 strokes.

A piece of jade under a roof gives the clear suggestion of something precious

Related characters


Also uses 玉 yù component: 国 guó (country)
Also uses 宀 mián component: 安 ān (peace) 定 dìng (to set) ; 富 fù (rich) ; 宫 gōng (palace) ; 官 guān (official) ; 寒 hán (cold) ; 家 jiā (house) ; 客 kè (customer) ; 宁 nìng (better) ; 容 róng (to hold) ; 室 shì (room) ; 实 shí (real) ; 宋 song (Song) ; 它 tā (it) ; 穴 xué (cave) ; 宜 yí (proper) ; 院 yuàn (courtyard) ; 灾 zāi (disaster) ; 字 zì (letter)

Sounds same

饱 bǎo (to eat till full)

Different tone

包 bāo (to cover) ; 勹 bāo (wrap) ; 报 bào (to announce) ; 抱 bào (to hold)

< Previous 勹 bāo Next 饱 bǎo >

Pronunciation

Sound file kindly provided by shtooka.net ➚ under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License

Cities

宝鸡 Baoji, Shaanxi

Proverbs

无事不登三宝殿 wú shì bū dēng sān bǎo diàn Often it is obvious when somebody is after something

Also

宝塔 bǎo tǎ pagoda
八宝 bā bǎo eight treasures