苞 — Chinese character
苞
bāo
bud, flower; rush, reed; to bloom
- Pinyin
- bāo
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 艹 包
- Formation
- ideographic — A flower 艹 unfolding 包; 包 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 苞 as a kanji
Common words with 苞
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开苞 (開苞) | kāi bāo | to deflower |
| 苞片 | bāo piàn | bract (botany) |
| 花苞 | huā bāo | flower bud |
| 含苞待放 | hán bāo dài fàng | in bud; budding |
| 含苞 | hán bāo | (of a plant) to be in bud |
| 苞米 | bāo mǐ | (dialect) corn; maize |
| 苞谷 (苞穀) | bāo gǔ | variant of 包谷 (bāo gǔ) |
| 苞粟 | bāo sù | variant of 包粟 (bāo sù) |
| 苞藏祸心 (苞藏禍心) | bāo cáng huò xīn | variant of 包藏祸心 (bāo cáng huò xīn) |
苞 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
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.