宝 – treasure, wealth, valuables

8 strokesTaught in grade 6#1139 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 宝 means treasure, wealth, valuables. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ホウ (hou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たから (takara). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 宀 (no. 40).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ホウ	hou
Kun’yomi	たから	takara

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 宀 (Kangxi radical 40). Components: 王・宀・丶.

Words using 宝

宝たからtreasure宝石ほうせきgem重宝ちょうほうconvenient

Example sentences

富は一生の宝、知は万代の宝。

Wisdom is better than gold or silver.

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彼は鍵をかけて宝石を金庫にしまいこんだ。

He locked up his jewels in the safe.

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車は持っていると重宝なものだ。

A car is a handy thing to own.

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Kanji with the same radical

定実家安官容宅害宮審守察室客完富

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