| Chinese Text Project |
| 寶 U+5BF6 |  Seal script |  Jinwen |  Jiaguwen |  Jianbo | 宝 Semantic variant Simplified character | 寚 Semantic variant | 寳 Semantic variant | 珤 Semantic variant | 𠋾 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 宀+ 17 strokes = 20 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.303#14 Kangxi: p.293#12 Cihai: p.431r1c02 GSR: 1059.a Hanyu: v2,p0958#03 |
| Composition: | Top: 𡩧, bottom: 貝. Component of: 𤫞 𪴥 𬎞 軉 靌 𨰰 𩇉 𫘄 𦈆 䴐 |
| Mandarin: | bǎo ㄅㄠˇ |
| Cantonese: | bou2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *bɑ̌u |
| Shuowen: | 《宀部》寶：珍也。从宀从王从貝，缶聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·晧·寶》寶：珍寶又瑞也，符也，道也，禮記曰地不藏其寶又天寶晉灼云天寶雞頭人身又姓出何氏姓苑。博抱切，十五。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·宀部·十七》寶：〔古文〕寚𠋾珤《唐韻》《正韻》博浩切《集韻》《韻會》補抱切，𠀤音保。《說文》珍也。从宀玉貝，缶聲。《徐曰》人所保也。《廣韻》珍寶。又瑞也，符也。《易·繫辭》聖人之大寶曰位。《禮·禮運》天不愛其道，地不愛其寶。《詩·大雅》稼穡惟寶。又《書·旅獒》所寶惟賢，則邇人安。又《增韻》符璽也，重也，貴也。《周禮·春官·天府》凡國之玉鎮，大寶器藏焉。《書·旅獒》分寶玉于伯叔之國。禮聘凡四器者，唯其所寶，以聘可也。註謂圭璋璧琮。古者天子諸侯以圭璧爲符信，至秦始有皇帝信璽，唐改曰寶。又凡錢文曰通寶。又姓。又叶博古切，音補。《詩·大雅》錫爾介圭，以作爾寶。叶上土。又《𨻰琳·瑪瑙賦》帝道匪康，皇鑒元輔。顧以多福，康以碩寶。又通作葆。《史記·魯世家》毋墜天之降葆命。《註》讀如寶。《留侯世家》見穀城下黃石，取而葆祠之。《徐廣曰》史珍寶字皆作葆。 考證：〔《書·旅獒》分寶玉于叔伯之國。〕謹照原文叔伯改伯叔。〔《禮·聘義》圭璋璧琮，凡此四器者，唯其所寶，以聘可也。〕謹按禮記聘義無此文，查係見儀聘義禮記中。謹據改爲禮聘凡四器者，唯其所寶，以聘可也。註謂圭璋璧琮。 |
| Fanqie: | 博抱 (《廣韻·上聲·晧·寶》) |
| Unihan definition: | treasure, jewel; precious, rare |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《論語·陽貨》: | 曰：「懷其寶而迷其邦，可謂仁乎？」 |
| He then asked, "Can he be called benevolent who keeps his jewel in his bosom, and leaves his country to confusion?" | |
| 《孟子·盡心下》: | 孟子曰：「諸侯之寶三：土地，人民，政事。」 |
| Mencius said, 'The precious things of a prince are three: the territory, the people, the government and its business.' | |
| 《禮記·檀弓上》: | 南宮敬叔反，必載寶而朝。 |
| When Nan-gong Jing-shu returned (to the state), he made it a point to carry his treasures with him in his carriage when he went to court. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 魏武侯與吳起浮於西河，寶河山之固。 |
| Wei Wuhou and Wu Qi were sailing on the West River, praising the strategic defensibility of the river and mountains. | |
| 《墨子·親士》: | 故曰：「歸國寶，不若獻賢而進士。」 |
| Thus it is said : To offer the greatest treasure of the country to the ruler is not as laudable as to recommend the virtuous and introduce the learned. | |
| 《莊子·庚桑楚》: | 夫春氣發而百草生，正得秋而萬寶成。 |
| When the airs of spring come forth, all vegetation grows; and, when the autumn arrives, all the previous fruits of the earth are matured. | |
| 《道德經》: | 善人之寶，不善人之所保。 |
| No treasures give good men so rich a grace; Bad men it guards, and doth their ill efface. | |
| 《商君書·來民》: | 今秦之地，方千里者五，而穀土不能處什二，田數不滿百萬，其藪澤谿谷名山大川之材物貨寶，又不盡為用，此人不稱土也。 |
| Now, the territory of Qin comprises five times a thousand square li, but the soil fit for growing corn cannot occupy more than two-fifths. The area of the fields does not come up to a million mu, and the produce and treasures of its glades and morasses, of its valleys and dales, and of its famous mountains and big rivers, are also incompletely utilized. This means that the population is illproportioned to the territory. | |
| 《孫子兵法·地形》: | 故進不求名，退不避罪，唯民是保，而利于主，國之寶也。 |
| The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 獲寶鼎，迎日推筴。 |
| He obtained a valuable tripod, and made calculations of future events. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 和之璧，井里之厥也，玉人琢之，為天子寶。 |
| 《說苑·雜言》: | 草木生焉，眾木立焉，飛禽萃焉，走獸休焉，寶藏殖焉，奇夫息焉，育群物而不倦焉，四方並取而不限焉。 |
| 《春秋繁露·王道》: | 故《春秋》以此見物不空來，寶不虛出，自內出者，無匹不行，自外到者，無主不止，此其應也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 懷其寶而迷其國者，不可與語仁。 |
| 《大戴禮記·千乘》: | 理天之災祥，地寶豐省，及民共饗其祿，共任其災，此國家之所以和也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·文質》: | 《禮記王度》曰：「王者，有象君之德，燥不輕，濕不重，薄不澆，廉不傷，疵不掩，是以人君寶之。」 |
| 《新書·脩政語下》: | 故夫道者，萬世之寶也。 |
| 《新序·善謀》: | 從秦為構，韓、魏聞之，必盡重王，重王，必出重寶以先於王，則是王一舉而結三國之親，而與秦易道也。 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 民之初載，其矇未知，譬如寶在於玄室，有所求而不見，白日照焉，則群物斯辯矣。 |
| 《孔子家語·禮運》: | 用民必順，故無水旱昆蟲之災，民無凶飢妖孽之疾，天不愛其道，地不愛其寶，人不愛其情。 |
| 《潛夫論·浮侈》: | 文帝葬於芒碭，明帝葬於洛南，皆不藏珠寶，不造廟，不起山陵 |
| 《論衡·書虛》: | 季子使於上國，道過徐，徐君好其寶劍，未之即予。 |
| 《太玄經·閑》: | 次二，閑其藏，固珍寶。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 當是之時，啇君佐之，內立法度，務耕織，脩守戰之備，外恃猛將銳卒，因問伺隙，略定西河之城，南并漢中，西定巴、蜀，東割膏腴之壤，收要害之郡，諸侯恐懼，會盟而謀，不愛尊爵重寶，以致天下之士。 |
| 《孔叢子·記問》: | 周遊天下，靡邦可依，鳳鳥不識，珍寶梟鴟，眷然顧之，慘焉心悲。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 聖人之大寶曰位，輕則喪吾寶也。 |
| 《新語·術事》: | 聖人貴寬，而世人賤眾，五穀養性，而棄之於地，珠玉無用，而寶之於身。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·漢津賦》: | 雜神寶其充盈兮，豈魚龜之足收。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 夫金玉珍寶穀帛財貨，人之所聚，豈天之所與？ |
| 《文子·守虛》: | 老子曰：所謂聖人者，因時而安其位，當世而樂其業，夫哀樂者德之邪，好憎者心之累，喜怒者道之過，故其生也天行，其死也物化，靜即與陰合德，動即與陽同波，故心者形之主也，神者心之寶也，形勞而不休即蹶，精用而不已則竭，是以聖人遵之不敢越也。 |
| 《文始真經·八籌》: | 嬰兒、蘂女、金樓、絳宮、青蛟、白虎、寶鼎、紅爐，皆此物。 |
| 《列仙傳·安期先生》: | 聊悟秦始，遺寶阜亭。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 不貴難得之貨，言人君不御好珍寶，黃金棄於山，珠玉捐於淵也。 |
| 《韓非子·主道》: | 人主之道，靜退以為寶。 |
| 《諫逐客書》: | 今陛下致昆山之玉，有隨、和之寶，垂明月之珠，服太阿之劍，乘纖離之馬，建翠鳳之旗，樹靈鼉之鼓。 |
| 《管子·輕重戊》: | 「禽獸者，群害也，明王之所棄逐也，今齊以其重寶貴買吾群害，則是楚之福也，天且以齊私楚也，子告吾民，急求生鹿，以盡齊之寶」，楚民即釋其耕農而田鹿 |
| 《吳子·料敵》: | 起對曰：「夫安國家之道，先戒為寶。」 |
| 《六韜·盈虛》: | 太公曰：「帝堯王天下之時，金銀珠玉不飾，錦繡文綺不衣，奇怪珍異不視，玩好之器不寶，淫泆之樂不聽，宮垣屋室不堊，甍桷椽楹不斲，茅茨徧庭不剪。」 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 求貨者爭難得以為寶，詆文者處煩撓以為慧，爭為佹辯，久稽而不訣，無益於治。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·召類》: | 故割地寶器，戈劍卑辭屈服，不足以止攻，唯治為足。 |
| 《尹文子·大道上》: | 老子曰：「道者，萬物之奧，善人之寶，不善人之所寶。」 |
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