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Kanji Detail for 寶 - "treasure, cherish, imperial, honorific"
寶
- Meaning
寶 means "treasure, cherish, imperial, honorific."
Treasure - A precious item; gold, silver, or gems.
Cherish - To value highly.
Imperial - A prefix for matters relating to the emperor or Buddhism.
Honorific - A prefix showing respect for others.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
treasure; jewel; precious; rare
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
treasure, jewel; precious, rare
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
jewel; gem; treasure; precious
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
treasure, jewel; rare, precious
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Precious. What people treasure. All precious things are called 寶. What people cherish is also 寶. | Seals. Anciently, emperors and feudal lords used jade tablets as tokens of authority. Qin began using seals. Tang changed them to 寶. | Currency is called 寶. Such as silver ingots called 元寶. Coins called 通寶. | [Character analysis] The vulgar form is 寶.
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