Unicode: U+62B1

Pinyin: bào

Definition

* 用手臂围住。 拥~。~小孩儿。合~。~残守缺(形容保守,不知进取)。 * 围绕,环绕。 山环水~。~厦(房屋前面加出来的门廊,亦指后面毗连的小房子)。 * 胸怀愿望,志向。 ~负。 * 心里存着,怀有。 ~怨。~恨。~歉。~憾。~病。 * 密合。 衣服~身儿。 * 把他人的子女收养为自己的子女。 ~养。 * 量词:表示两臂合围的量:一~草。 * 孵。 ~窝。~小鸡

embrace, hold in arms, enfold

Structure

抱 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC