Kanji1 / 8
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
- —天平宝字Tenpyō-hōji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)
- —文房四宝the four tools of writing (brush, ink, inkstone and paper)
- —宝蔵院流Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)
- —宝石羽太brown-spotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma)
- —三宝荒神guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha); three-person saddle
- —多宝如来Prabhutaratna (buddha)
- —雨宝童子Uho Doji (divine rain-making boy)
- —万年通宝mannen tsūhō; ancient Japanese coinage first minted in 760 CE
- —寛永通宝copper coin (Edo period)
- —宝生如来Ratnasambhava
- —宝永小判hōei koban; koban coined during the Hōei period
- —宝永地震Hōei earthquake (1707)
- —宝永通宝hōei tsuhō; coin used during the Hōei period (ca. 1708)
- —宝篋印塔Hōkyōin pagoda; pagoda containing a Hōkyōin sutra
- —如意宝珠Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
- —摩尼宝珠jewel; pearl; gemstone
- —宝珠の玉Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
- —宝石泥棒jewel thief
- —宝石学会Gemological Institute of America
- —鎌宝蔵院流Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)