The kanji 宝: meaning, readings and stroke order
宝
- Meaning
- treasure
- On reading
- ホウ hou
- Kun reading
- たから takara
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 roof
- Level
- Level 6 · grade 6
- Old form
- 寶
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- báu vật, kho báu (bảo)
- Japanese
- たから。とても だいじな もの。
- Korean
- 보물 (보)
- Chinese
- 宝物、宝贝
Readings, words and example sentences
ホウ hou · on reading · less common
国宝
national treasure
この 寺は 国宝です。
This temple is a national treasure.
たから takara · kun reading
宝
treasure
子どもは 家の 宝です。
Children are the treasure of the family.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.