Character: 抱
Modern (Beijing) reading: bào
Preclassic Old Chinese: bhūʔ
Classic Old Chinese: bhū́
Western Han Chinese: bhǝ̄́w
Eastern Han Chinese: bhǝ̄́w
Early Postclassic Chinese: bhǝ̄́w
Middle Postclassic Chinese: bhā́w
Late Postclassic Chinese: bhā́w
Middle Chinese: bâẃ
English meaning : to carry in the arms
Russian meaning[s]: 1) обнимать; держать на руках; няньчить; 2) таить на сердце, лелеять; затаить; 3) высиживать (яйца); 4) тесно облегать; точно подходить; 5) Бао (фамилия)
Comments: For OC *bh- cf. Min forms: Xiamen phau6, Chaozhou pho4, phau4, Longdu pho6.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 7106
Karlgren code: 1113 j
Jianchuan Bai: pu1
Dali Bai: po4
Bijiang Bai: bü1
Shijing occurrences: 21.1, 58.1
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