Chinese Character Wiki
勹

bāo

wrap

Pictograph of the side view of a person bending over. Original form of 伏.

Evolution

勹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
勹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
勹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

勹  

bāo

wrap; KangXi radical 20; archaic variant of 包[bāo]

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (2 verified)

匈 匍 匐 匊

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

包 匋

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

鬱 甸 匋

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

訇

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+52F9

Shuowen

“勹，裹也。象人曲形，有所包裹。”
Sources

古文字詁林編纂委員會《古文字詁林》Vol. 8, p.138



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