褒
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to praise; to commend; to honor; (of clothes) large or loose
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 衣 +9
- Structure
- Overlaid 叠加
- Traditional
- 褒
- Common rank
- #3,219
- Unicode
- U+8912
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Formation & memory
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Words with 褒
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一字褒贬 | (lit.) to dispense praise or blame with a single word (idiom); (fig.) concise and powerful… | |
| 贬多于褒 | to get more criticism than praise | |
| 褒义 | commendatory sense; positive connotation | |
| 褒禅山 | Mt Baochan in Anhui; formerly known as Mt Hua 華山|华山 | |
| 褒扬 | to praise | |
| 褒贬 | to appraise; to pass judgment on; to speak ill of; praise and censure; appraisal | |
| 褒姒 | Baosi, concubine of King You of Zhou 周幽王[Zhou1 You1 wang2] and one of the famous Chinese b… | |
| 褒呔 | bow tie (loanword) (Cantonese) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 保 — compare how they read.