Kanji Detail for 葆 - "flourish, plume ornament, wrap, preserve, treasure"

葆

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
葆 means "flourish, plume ornament, wrap, preserve, treasure."
1. Flourish - For plants to grow thickly.
2. Plume ornament - A feather decoration.
3. Wrap - To cover; to conceal.
4. Preserve - To protect; to maintain.
5. Treasure - Something precious.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

dense growth; keep; adhere to; conceal

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

reserve, preserve; conceal

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

dense foliage; to cover

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

dense foliage; to cover, to conceal; to preserve

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The appearance of plants growing in clusters. Such as saying 頭如蓬葆 (head like tangled thatch). Meaning hair disordered and standing up. Also, gathering five colors to make a canopy is called 羽葆 (feathered canopy). In the old system it was used in ceremonial processions. | To conceal and store. Vital energy is gathered inward and not allowed to disperse.
Onyomi

ho(ほ)

hoh(ほう)
Kunyomi

hanekazari

hikobae

moto(もと)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

艸艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)
Related Keywords
flourish plants grow thickly plume ornament feather decoration wrap cover conceal preserve protect maintain treasure