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| Japanese | 抱 |
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| Simplified | 抱 |
| Traditional | 抱 |
抱 (Kangxi radical 64,手+5, 8 strokes,cangjie input手心口山 (QPRU),four-corner57012,composition⿰扌包)
| simp. andtrad. | 抱 | |
|---|---|---|
| Historical forms of the character抱 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled inHan) | Liushutong (compiled inMing) |
| Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 袍 | *buː |
| 袌 | *buː, *buːs |
| 軳 | *buː |
| 抱 | *buːʔ |
| 勽 | *buːs, *mɯnʔ |
| 菢 | *buːs |
| 勹 | *pruː |
| 包 | *pruː |
| 胞 | *pruː, *pʰruː |
| 苞 | *pruː |
| 枹 | *pruː, *bu, *bu |
| 飽 | *pruːʔ |
| 泡 | *pʰruː, *m̥ʰruːs, *bruː |
| 炮 | *pʰruːs, *bruː |
| 皰 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 疱 | *pʰruːs, *bruːs |
| 跑 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 咆 | *bruː |
| 庖 | *bruː |
| 匏 | *bruː |
| 刨 | *bruː |
| 狍 | *bruː |
| 炰 | *bruː |
| 鉋 | *bruː, *bruːs |
| 瓟 | *bruː, *bruːɡ |
| 颮 | *bruː, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鞄 | *bruː, *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *pʰruːɡ |
| 鮑 | *bruːʔ |
| 骲 | *bruːʔ, *bruːs, *bruːɡ, *pʰoːɡ |
| 玸 | *bu |
| 雹 | *bruːɡ |
| 窇 | *bruːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*buːʔ): semantic 扌 + phonetic 包(OC*pruː) – hold in one’s hands. Note that 包 has the meaning of “wrap”, hence connotations of “wrap in one’s hands, embrace”, thereby also making it an ideogrammic compound.
FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*bəw(“to carry (on back or shoulders)”). Cognate with保 (OC*puːʔ, “to protect, rear”),Manipuriꯄꯨ(poo,“to carry”),Mizo[Term?](pu,“to carry (on the back / shoulders)”),Burmeseပိုး(pui:,“to carry on the back, add onto”) (STEDT).
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 抱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 薄浩切 |
| Baxter | bawX |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɑuX/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bɑuX/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɑuX/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /bawX/ |
| Li Rong | /bɑuX/ |
| Wang Li | /bɑuX/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱɑuX/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bou6 |
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 抱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bawX › |
| Old Chinese | /*[m-p]ˁuʔ/ |
| English | carry in the arms |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 抱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 268 |
| Phonetic component | 勹 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 抱 |
| Old Chinese | /*buːʔ/ |
抱
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 擁,摟 | |
| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 摟抱,擁抱 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 摟 |
| Taiwan | 摟,抱 | |
| Singapore | 擁抱,抱 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 摟 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 摟 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 抱,摟 |
| Wuhan | 箍,摟 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 摟,抱 |
| Hefei | 摟,抱 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 攬 |
| Hong Kong | 攬 | |
| Taishan | 攬 | |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 攬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 攬,箍 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 揇 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 揇 | |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 揇 | |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 揇 | |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 揇 | |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 揇 | |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 攬 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 摟 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 抱 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 兜,攬 |
| Matsu | 攬 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 攬 |
| Quanzhou | 攬 | |
| Zhangzhou | 攬 | |
| Taipei | 攬 | |
| Kaohsiung | 攬 | |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 攬 | |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 攬 | |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 攬 | |
| Chaozhou | 攬 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 搿 |
| Suzhou | 搿 | |
| Wenzhou | 搩 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 箍,摟 |
| Shuangfeng | 傘,箍 | |
| Shinjitai | 抱 | |
| Kyūjitai [1] | 抱󠄁 抱+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |  |
| 抱󠄃 抱+ 󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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