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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- pao2
- English meanings
- variant of 刨[bao4], to dig, to excavate, (coll.) to exclude, not to count, to deduct, to subtract
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 包; right 刂.
Meaning & sound clues
刂 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “knife”.
包 is identified as the sound component (bāo). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 刨.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
to throw
soak
to sauté
robe; gown
run
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