堡 bǎo fort
fort; fortress
怎么记住“堡”: 保 to protect + 土 earth = fort. To protect their sandcastle from the tide, the twins heap wet earth round it until it looks like a real fort.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
堡 = 保 to protect + 土 earth
- 保 to protect sound
- 亻 person
- 呆 dull
- 土 earth meaning
To protect their sandcastle from the tide, the twins heap wet earth round it until it looks like a real fort.
How it came to be
The earth gives the meaning and the sign for protecting the sound.
用法
- A fort/stronghold: 堡垒 (bǎolěi) fortress, 城堡 (chéngbǎo) castle, 碉堡 (diāobǎo) pillbox/bunker.
- In place names read bǔ (吴堡 Wúbǔ); in the loanword 汉堡 (hànbǎo) hamburger it keeps bǎo.