Chinese Names · Boy
Pao Kun name meaning
- 寶崑treasure, precious; character of the Kunlun Mountains
- 寶坤treasure, precious; earth
- 保坤to keep, to protect; earth
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- P
- Character options
- 3
- Category
- Chinese Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Chinese characters寶崑寶坤保坤
Pao Kun is a Chinese boy's name in older Mandarin spelling; written 寶坤 it means 'precious; earth', though the meaning depends on the characters chosen.
Chinese characters for Pao Kun
- 寶崑
treasure, precious; character of the Kunlun Mountains
Mandarin bǎo kūn (Wade–Giles pao k'un)
attested
- 寶坤
treasure, precious; earth
Mandarin bǎo kūn (Wade–Giles pao k'un)
- 保坤
to keep, to protect; earth
Mandarin bǎo kūn (Wade–Giles pao k'un)
One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.
About the name Pao Kun
Pao Kun is a Chinese boy's name in the older Mandarin (Wade–Giles) spelling, bǎo kūn in Hanyu Pinyin. Pao can be 寶 'treasure, precious' or 保 'to protect', and Kun can be 崑 (the character of the Kunlun Mountains) or 坤 'earth'. The combination 寶崑 is recorded in public data for this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Parts | Pao + Kun |
| First letter | Chinese Names starting with P |
Character pages
Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.
Sources
- MDBG: 寶 · mdbg.net · meaning
- MDBG: 崑 · mdbg.net · meaning
- Wiktionary: 寶 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 崑 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 坤 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Wiktionary: 保 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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