Unicode: U+8446

Pinyin: bāo bǎo

Definition

* 草茂盛的样子,草木丛生的样子:"头如蓬~"。 * 古书上说的一种菜。 * 车盖。 羽~。 * 藏,蔽。 ~光(隐蔽其光不让人知道,喻才智藏而不露)。 * 保持。 ~真。永~青春。 * 古同"宝",珍贵。 * 古同"保",保护。 * 姓

reserve, preserve; conceal

Structure

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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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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC