堡 — Chinese character
堡
bǎo
fort, fortress; town, village
- Pinyin
- bǎo
- Radical
- 32 ⼟ (Earth)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 保 土
- Formation
- ideographic — Earthen 土 walls built for defense 保; 保 also provides the meaning
- Japanese
- 堡 as a kanji
Common words with 堡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城堡 | chéng bǎo | castle; rook (chess piece) |
| 汉堡 (漢堡) | hàn bǎo | (loanword) hamburger |
| 堡垒 (堡壘) | bǎo lěi | fort |
| 碉堡 | diāo bǎo | (military) pillbox; blockhouse; humorous way of writing 屌爆 (diǎo bào) |
| 古堡 | gǔ bǎo | ancient castle |
| 桥头堡 (橋頭堡) | qiáo tóu bǎo | bridgehead (military); stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory |
| 地堡 | dì bǎo | bunker (underground fortification) |
| 汉堡包 (漢堡包) | hàn bǎo bāo | (loanword) hamburger |
| 沙堡 | shā bǎo | sandcastle |
| 堡子 | bǔ zi | village or town surrounded by earthen walls; village; Taiwan pr. [bao3 zi5] |
| 暗堡 | àn bǎo | bunker |
| 堡礁 | bǎo jiāo | barrier reef |
English words written with 堡
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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