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   traditional formhandwritten form

Variants

Phonetic

Semantic

Apparent
Mandarin
bao4, pu4, bo2, bo1
English
Definitions
violent; cruel; to injure; to show or expose; sudden; brutal; to expose; tyrannical; violence
Mnemonic
All together remove life’s moisture under the hot sun
Etymology
Notes
This character has gone through a series of strange iterations; originally a deer’s head with horns; this character is closely connected with expose ; perhaps the original meaning was to violently kill an animal and leave it exposed; seal version shows sun out hold up and rice