Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Pao Kangxi Dictionary strokes: 11 Page 1113, Entry 30 Pronounced bao. According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), it is a long jacket. According to the Explanations of Names (Shiming), the pao is a garment worn by men that reaches the instep. Pao means to wrap; it is an inner garment. Women use crimson fabric to make clothing where the top and bottom are connected, with borders on four sides; this is also called a pao, and the meaning is the same. According to the Treatise on Carriages and Clothing in the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), it is said that the Duke of Zhou wore a pao when holding King Cheng while at rest, hence the design. Also, according to the Erh-ya (Erya), it is synonymous with a padded garment. According to the Book of Rites (Liji), silk floss is called jian, and coarse hemp is called pao. In the Analects (Lunyu), it is written: wearing a tattered, padded robe. It also refers to the front flap of a garment. According to the Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang Zhuan) on the fourteenth year of Duke Ai, he turned his sleeve to wipe his face, and his tears stained the front of his robe. Also, according to the Book of Rites (Liji), a robe must have an outer covering. The commentary states that it is an undergarment. Also, according to the Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), it is pronounced pou, rhyming with the sound of pou. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), it is written: How can you say you have no clothes? I will share my robe with you. When the king raises his army, I will mend my spear and lance. Also, according to the Classified Chapters (Leipian), it is pronounced bao. It is the same as the character for holding or embracing, and is sometimes written in the variant form.