苞
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bud; flower calyx; luxuriant; profuse
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艸 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 苞
- Common rank
- #3,275
- Unicode
- U+82DE
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Formation & memory
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How 苞 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A flower 艹 unfolding 包; 包 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 苞
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 苞藏祸心 | variant of 包藏禍心|包藏祸心[bao1 cang2 huo4 xin1] | |
| 含苞待放 | in bud; budding | |
| 花苞 | flower bud | |
| 开苞 | to deflower | |
| 苞米 | (dialect) corn; maize | |
| 苞片 | bract (botany) | |
| 苞谷 | variant of 包穀|包谷[bao1 gu3] | |
| 含苞 | (of a plant) to be in bud | |
| 苞粟 | variant of 包粟[bao1 su4] |