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宝 kanji
treasure, wealth, valuables
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ホウ
Kun readings
たから
Variant forms
寚寳寶Words with 宝
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —宝刀treasured sword
- —宝冠diadem; jeweled crown
- —宝剣treasured sword
- —宝殿(shrine) repository or treasure house; (shrine) sanctuary
- —宝鑑handbook; manual; encyclopedia; precious mirror
- —霊宝sacred treasure
- —神宝sacred treasure
- —宝算the Emperor's age
- —宝塔two-storied Buddhist tower
- —大宝great treasure; Taihō era (701.3.21-704.5.10); Daihō era; great treasure (used to refer to bodhisattvas, esoteric teachings, etc.); homa-mandala (fire altar)
- —宝亀Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)
- —宝治Hōji era (1247.2.28-1249.3.18)
- —宝徳Hōtoku era (1449.7.28-1452.7.25)
- —延宝Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)
- —宝永Hōei era (1704.3.13-1711.4.25)
- —宝暦Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)
- —宝珠precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial
- —宝字kanji for "takara" (impressed on the obverse of a coin)
- —宝号name (of a buddha or bodhisattva)
- —名宝famous treasure; noted treasure