Wei Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Silk (mì)
Bao
Kangxi stroke count: 15
Page 931, Entry 02
Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced bao (falling tone)
Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rimes (Yunhui): Pronounced bao (falling tone)
Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced bao (falling tone)
Pronounced bao
Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A garment for an infant.
Note: Chen Xuan and others say: The current common form is written as bao, which is incorrect.
History of the Former Han (Qianhan): Annals of Emperor Xuan: Although the great-grandson was still in swaddling clothes (bao).
Note: Meng Kang says: Bao is a coverlet for an infant.
History of the Later Han (Houhan): Biography of Shentu Gang: When he first escaped from swaddling clothes (bao).
Note: Bao is a coverlet.