bào to hold; to hug; to embrace

Made up of [ shǒu hand radical 64, bāo to cover; to wrap; to hold ]
Made with 8 strokes.
The hand radical gives idea of 'holding', 'bao' the phonetic

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Also uses shǒu component: (to hold) bàn (to act) ; bào (to announce) ; dān (to undertake) ; gǎo (to do) ; (skill) ; (to pull) ; qiú (to beat) ; tái (to lift) ; tuī (to push) ; (I (me)) ; zhǎo (to try to find)
Also uses bāo component: bǎo (to eat till full) pào (bubble) ; pào (cannon) ; (to run)

Sounds same

bào (to announce)

Different tone

bāo (to cover) ; bāo (wrap) ; bǎo (jewel) ; bǎo (to eat till full)

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Pronunciation

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Proverbs

抱薪救火 bào xīn jiù huǒ Not choosing an appropriate solution to a problem. Making matters worse