庖 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

páo

kitchen

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.

Components

广 Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

roof

包 Sound component

bāo

wrap

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

páo

kitchen; cooking, cuisine

Most common words with 庖

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	庖	kitchen
	越俎代庖	to take matters into one's own hands
	庖厨	kitchen
	庖牺氏	another name for 伏羲[FúXī], consort of 女媧\|女娲[Nǚwā]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4149th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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