宝 — treasure, wealth, valuables

たから宝 treasure

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+5B9D Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1139 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #273 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

treasure
wealth
valuables

word

たから takara Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

宝(たから) takara treasure 宝(たから) くじ takarakuji lottery 宝(たから) 物(もの) takaramono treasure お宝(たから) otakara treasure 宝(たから) 塚(づか) takarazuka Takarazuka (city/theater)

ほう hou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

宝(ほう) 石(せき) houseki gem 重(ちょう) 宝(ほう) chouhou convenient

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

宀 roof

たま玉 jewel #96

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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