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宝物 (bǎo wù): meaning and stroke order

宝物 (bǎo wù) means treasure, CL:件.

宝物

Simplified
宝物
Traditional
寶物
Pinyin
bǎo wù

Stroke order of 宝物

宝

  • bǎo variant of 寶|宝[bao3]
  • bǎo jewel; gem
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 寳

Stroke by stroke

物

  • wù (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 宝物

  1. bǎo wù Traditional 寶物
    • treasure
    • CL:件[jian4]

Radicals of the characters

宝
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 8 strokes · 宀 on top, 玉 below
物
Radical 牛 (Kangxi radical 93) · 8 strokes · 牜 on the left, 勿 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

宝物 in our stories

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  • 没想到，这条红绫是一件宝物，轻轻一摆，海水就翻起了巨浪，连海底的龙宫也摇晃起来。

    méi xiǎngdào zhè tiáo hóng líng shì yí jiàn bǎowù qīngqīng yì bǎi hǎishuǐ jiù fān qǐ le jùlàng lián hǎidǐ de lónggōng yě yáohuàng qǐlai

    He had no idea the sash was a magic treasure: at one light swish the sea rose in huge waves, and even the Dragon Palace on the seabed began to shake.

    From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 宝物

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).