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鲍
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abalone

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Invertebrates
Bào, bào
ホ、ホウ
あわび
포
Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鮑)
魚 fish+ 包 wrap =
鮑 abalone
魚 Meaning component
fish
包 Phonetic component
bāo wrap
wrap, pack, bundle
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Simplified (鲍)
鱼 Yu (surname)+ 包 wrap =
鲍 abalone
鱼 Meaning component
yú Yu (surname)
fish
包 Phonetic component
bāo wrap
wrap, pack, bundle
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Notes
Similar Characters
魠 rare魷 cuttlefish (alt) (trad)鮃 Flatfish A Flatfish (trad)鮨 seasoned鮪 kind of sturgeon (trad)鮫 shark (trad)鮭 spheroides (trad)鮮 fresh (trad/jp)鯇 grass (trad)鯉 carp (trad)鯊 shark (alt) (trad)鯔 mullet (trad)鯕 coryphaena hippurus (trad)鯖 mackerel (iii) (trad)鯗 dried fish (alt) (trad)鯛 pagrosomus major (trad)鯡 herring (iii) (trad)鯢 cryptobranchus (trad)鯤 spawn (trad)鯧 the silvery pomfret (trad)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Bronze
Mid Spring and Autumn (~600 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
鮑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
鲍 / 鮑 [Bào]
surname Bao
鲍 / 鮑 [bào]
abalone
Japanese
鮑 、 鰒 、 石決明 、 蚫 あわび 、 アワビ 同音
noun usually kana abalone; ear shell
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鮑 あわび
Awabi unclassified name
鮑 ほう
Hou surname
鮑 ぼお
Boo surname
CHINESE WORDS (10)
鲍威尔 [Bào​wēi​'ěr] #34,229
Powell (name)
鲍鱼 [bào​yú] #27,373
abalone
鲍耶 [Bào​yē] #51,309
János Bolyai (1802-1860), one of the discoverers of non-Euclidean geometry
鲍罗廷 [Bào​luó​tíng] #57,855
Borodin (name)
杏鲍菇 [xìng​bào​gū]
king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)
鲍勃·伍德沃德 [Bào​bó​· ​Wǔ​dé​wò​dé]
Bob Woodward (Washington Post journalist)
鲍勃·马利 [Bào​bó​· ​Mǎ​lì]
Bob Marley (1945-1981), Jamaican reggae musician and activist
鲍德里亚 [Bào​dé​lǐ​yà] #71,940
Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007), French cultural theorist and philosopher
鲍狄埃 [Bào​dí​'āi]
Eugène Edine Pottier (1816-1887), French revolutionary socialist and poet
鲍罗丁 [Bào​luó​dīng] #69,281
Borodin (name)
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
鮑 [あわび] #63,345
abalone
鮑の片思い [あわびのかたおもい] #242,142
secret, unrequited love
鮑魚 [ほうぎょ] #293,949
salt-cured fish
熨斗鮑 [のしあわび] #300,453
thin string of dried abalone (often tied to a gift)
あわび結び [あわびむすび]
var. of knot often used to tie mizu-hiki
石決明 [せっけつめい]
powdered abalone shell (used in Chinese medicine)
管鮑の交わり [かんぽうのまじわり]
inseparable friendship
鮑の貝の片思い [あわびのかいのかたおもい]
secret, unrequited love
鮑熨斗 [あわびのし]
dried stretched abalone flesh