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Character Decomposition
堡=保+土
Etymology
Earthen 土 walls built for defense 保; 保 also provides the meaning
Meanings3 pronunciations
bǎo
(bound form) fortress; stronghold
(often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names)
(bound form) burger (abbr. for hàn bǎo)
bǔ
village (used in place names)
pù
used in place names
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Words with 堡 88 total
ancient castle古堡gǔ bǎobunker (underground fortification)地堡dì bǎocastle · rook (chess piece)城堡chéng bǎofort堡垒bǎo lěivillage or town surrounded by earthen walls; village · Taiwan pr. bǎo zi堡子bǔ zifort · fortress · CL:座 zuò堡寨bǎo zhàibarrier reef堡礁bǎo jiāosmall fortress; fortified compound坞堡wù bǎobunker暗堡àn bǎoLimburg, Netherlands · Limbourg, Belgium林堡Lín bǎosandcastle沙堡shā bǎoHumboldt洪堡Hóng bǎo
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