褓

Information about character(s)

Radical: 衣
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 14
Variants: 緥褴

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bǎo
Cantonese: bou2
JapaneseKun: OSHIME OMUTSU
JapaneseOn: HO HOU
Korean: PO
Vietnamese: bìu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: swaddling cloth; infancy

CE-Dict: cloth for carrying baby on back

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.swaddling bands; swaddling clothes
2.infancy

康熙字典文字版 【申集下】【衣字部】褓
【唐韻】博抱切【集韻】補抱切，𠀤音保。【玉篇】小兒衣也。【前漢·宣帝紀】曾孫雖在襁褓，猶坐收繫郡邸獄。【李奇註】褓，小兒大藉也。【孟康註】小兒被也。　又通葆。【史記·魯世家】成王少在襁葆之中。【索隱】襁褓，古字少，假借用之。　又通保。【封禪書】業隆于襁保。
考證：〔【前漢·宣帝紀】曾孫雖在襁褓，猶坐收繫郡獄。〕　謹照原文郡下增邸字。

CF-Dict: langes