Shen Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Clothing (yī)
Character: 襃
Kangxi strokes: 17
Page 1123, Entry 27
Tangyun (Tang Dynasty Dictionary of Sounds), Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced bao (level tone).
Yupian (Jade Chapters): To praise goodness.
Leipian (Classified Chapters): To reward and praise.
Gongyang Zhuan (Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals): Why use the courtesy name? It is to praise him.
Baihu Tong (Comprehensive Discussions in the White Tiger Hall): It is the way of a subject that there is no desire not to magnify his ruler, concealing faults and promoting virtues.
Also, baoming, referring to a long padded robe.
Yangzi Fangyan (Yang Xiong’s Dialect Dictionary): A baoming is called a pao.
Also refers to wide, loose lapels.
Hanshu (History of the Former Han): A Biography of Juan Buyi: Wearing wide robes and broad sashes.
Also, Baozhong, a county name.
Jinshu (Book of Jin): Geography Treatise: Belongs to Hanzhong Commandery.
Also, Baoxie, a name of a mountain valley.
Ban Gu, Xidu Fu (Rhapsody on the Western Capital): The western border is Baoxie, the precipitous heights of the Long Mountains.
Annotation: The Liangzhou Ji (Record of Liang Province) states: Wanshi City, seven li upstream against the Han River, has the Baoxie Valley; the southern mouth is called Bao and the northern mouth is called Xie.
Also, a surname.
Tongzhi (Comprehensive Treatises): Clan and Tribe Record: The Bao clan, a state of the Si surname, descendants of Yu; the present Xingyuan Prefecture Baocheng is that very place.
Also, pronounced bao.
Zhouli (Rites of Zhou): Spring Officials: Grand Invocation: Distinguish the nine types of bowing ceremonies; the eighth is called bao.
Annotation: Zheng Sinong stated: A bao-bow is what is now called bowing while holding a tally.
Also, Jiyun: Pronounced pou. Meaning to gather together.
Also, Yunbu (Rhyme Supplement): The bao in to praise (baomei) also rhymes with pou.
Ouyang Xiu’s Inscription: Internal essence is abundant, and external reputation is beautiful. Expressed in speech, it is praised by the Emperor.
Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Written as the character with clothing radical and bao, commonly written as the current character.
Leipian: Also written as the character with clothing radical and bao.
Jiyun: Sometimes written as the character with clothing radical and bao, and commonly written as the character with clothing radical and pou.