The traditional Chinese characters for treasure are as follows:

1. Shi Qin Shiyi in Naoshou Hall

1. Precious things: national treasures. Offer treasure. Food is the treasure of treasures.

2. Precious: sword. Sword. gem. treasure.

3. An old gambling device, square in shape, mostly made of ox horn, with markings indicating the direction.

4. Respectful words, used to address each other’s family members, shop, etc.: treasure family members. Treasure number. pagoda in a temple.

5. Surname.

2. Shuowen Jiezi

The classical Chinese version of "Shuowen Jiezi": treasure, treasure. From the fou, from the king, from the shell, the sound of the fou.

The vernacular version of "Shuowen Jiezi": Bao, a treasure collected by a family. The glyph uses "倀,王,贝" as the side characters and "綀" as the sound character.

3. The original meaning of the word

Noun, pearls, shells, jade and other rare treasures hidden at home.

Extended information

Evolution of glyphs (as shown in the picture)

Word composition:

1. Baozhong [bǎo zhòng]?

Cherish and value: His calligraphy works are deeply treasured by the world.

2. Pagoda [bǎo tǎ]?

The good name of the pagoda. In the past, Buddhists decorated the pagoda with seven kinds of treasures including gold, silver and colored glaze, hence its name. Liquid Yin now generally refers to the tower.

3. Treasures [zhēn bǎo]?

The general term for pearls, jade and gemstones, generally refers to valuable things: such as treasures. Exploration teams are looking for underground treasures.

4. Press treasure [yā bǎo]?

Also used as a bet. A type of gambling. The party participating in the gamble guesses the direction shown in the treasure box and places a bet. If the lid of the treasure box is opened in the same direction as the one pressed, the player who presses it wins.

5. Treasure [guī bǎo]?

Particularly precious things: Dunhuang murals are treasures in ancient Chinese art.