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bāo

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bāo
  1. 1.bud
  2. 2.flower calyx
  3. 3.luxuriant
  4. 4.profuse

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  1. 1.bulrush (for making mats and straw sandals)
  2. 2.root or stem of plants
  3. 3.growing in profusion; luxuriant; profuse
  4. 4.bract; bud
  5. 5.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *pruː): semantic 艹 + phonetic 包 (OC *pruː). Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔ-bu ~ *pu (“to be born; birth; bud; bloom”). See 阜 (OC *buʔ, “big mound”) for more.

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