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) : 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. ^† to have large 衣襟 (yījīn)
4. ^† 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. ^† 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)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 襃)

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