Ideographic: A man with head 日 and hands 共 tormenting a deer 水Radical:

meaning for bào:

  • - sudden
  • - violent
  • - cruel
  • - to show or expose
  • - to injureviolence
  • - force
  • - violentto expose
  • - to reveal
  • - to lay bare
  • - also pr. [pu4 lu4]torrential rain
  • - rainstorm
  • - Classifiers: 场 storm
  • - violent commotion
  • - fig. crisis (e.g. revolution, uprising, financial crisis etc)sand and dust storm