褒

褒 (Kangxi radical 145, 衣+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜人木女 (YODV), four-corner 0073₂, composition ⿴衣保 or ⿳亠保𧘇)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1121, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34437
• Dae Jaweon: page 1588, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3101, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8912

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *puː, *puː): semantic 衣 + phonetic 保 (OC *puːʔ).

褒

1. to praise; to honor; to commend

   Antonym: 貶 / 贬 (biǎn)

2. positive polarity

   Antonym: 貶 / 贬 (biǎn)

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to have large 衣襟 (yījīn)
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) large; vast; wide
5. (historical) A mountain valley in the east of Mian County, Shaanxi Province.
6. (historical) An ancient state whose city is in the east of Mian County, Shaanxi Province.

褒

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 裒 (póu, “to gather; to collect”)

   • 後世稍襃集嘉言善行以附益之。 [MSC, trad.]
     后世稍襃集嘉言善行以附益之。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 淸·惲敬《〈誦芬錄〉序》

     Hòushì shāo póují jiāyánshànxíng yǐ fùyì zhī. [Pinyin]

     The later generation then collects fine words and good deeds to add to it

• “褒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 襃)

1. to praise, to commend
2. to compliment, congratulate, to give a pat on the back to
3. to speak well of, to speak highly of, to recommend
4. to acclaim, to extol, to applaud (figuratively), to sing the praises of (figuratively)
5. to honor, exalt, glorify
6. to admire, to look up to, to render homage to, to express admiration for

• Go-on: ほ (ho)、ほう (hō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ほめる (homeru, 褒める, Jōyō)

褒 • (po, bo, bu) (hangeul 포, 보, 부, revised po, bo, bu, McCune–Reischauer p'o, po, pu, Yale pho, po, pu)

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褒: Hán Việt readings: bao^[1][2]
褒: Nôm readings: bao^[1][2]

1. chữ Hán form of bao (“to praise; to honor; to commend”)