U+8446 "葆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
葆
U+8446 "葆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to preserve," "to cherish," or "to protect," and it is often associated with the concept of maintaining life or vitality, such as in the phrase "永葆青春" meaning "to preserve youth forever." It is also used as a component in the name of certain plants, like "葆草," referring to a type of grass or herb, and appears in classical texts and modern contexts to convey a sense of nurturing or safeguarding. Structurally, it is composed of the radical for grass or plant (艹) and the phonetic component 保, which contributes both sound and semantic hints related to protection.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8446 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 葆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 葆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x91 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8446 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008446 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8446 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B8B6 |
| kCCCII | 23233A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-663D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-663D |
| kCangjie | TORD |
| kCantonese | bou2 |
| kCihaiT | 1152.203 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1504.140 |
| kDefinition | reserve, preserve; conceal |
| kEACC | 23233A |
| kFanqie | 博抱 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4429.4 |
| kGB0 | 6165 |
| kGB1 | 6165 |
| kGSR | 1057f |
| kHangul | 보:1N |
| kHanYu | 53250.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53250.090:bǎo,bāo |
| kIICore | AGTJHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1504.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53250.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1043.300 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D61 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B8B6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-685E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6E88 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-617D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-663D |
| kJapanese | ホ ホウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5087 |
| kJapaneseKun | MOTO HIKOBAE HANEKAZARI |
| kJapaneseOn | HO HOU |
| kJis0 | 7262 |
| kKangXi | 1043.300 |
| kKorean | PO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5508 |
| kMandarin | bǎo |
| kMatthews | 4949 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2411d |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022295 MJ022295:E0101 MJ022296:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31381:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1068 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6407+140.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.9 |
| kSBGY | 303.23 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 590.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bǎo粵bou2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5508 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 013.010:bǎo |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 271:055 |
| kXHC1983 | 0040.030:bǎo |