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褓

bǎo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 襁褓) cloth or quilt for wrapping an infant

Examples

HSK 7-9
他在襁褓之中就失去了父母。
Tā zài qiǎngbǎo zhī zhōng jiù shīqù le fùmǔ.
He lost his parents while still an infant in swaddling clothes.
HSK 7-9
两人从襁褓时就是好朋友。
Liǎng rén cóng qiǎngbǎo shí jiù shì hǎo péngyǒu.
The two had been friends since they were babies in swaddling clothes.

Tips

memory
Note the clothing radical plus 保 (to protect): 褓 is the protective cloth that keeps a baby safe, used only in 襁褓.

Components

radical
衤 yī
clothing; cloth
The clothing radical, side form of 衣, marks 褓 as a cloth item, here a baby's wrapping quilt.
phonetic
保 bǎo
to protect; keep
Supplies the sound bǎo exactly and adds a faint sense of protecting, fitting a cloth that shields an infant. Seen standing alone as 保.

Stroke Order

褓 bǎo