靌

靌 is a rare variant of 寶, meaning “treasure.”

In Mandarin, it is pronounced roughly “baow,” with a tone that dips and rises. The Longkan Shoujian, a Chinese dictionary compiled in 997, lists it as another form of 寶.

Older 寶 appears in oracle-bone inscriptions—marks on bones used for divination—and bronze inscriptions; its form evokes valuables beneath a roof. 靌 is later. Ordinary writing uses 寶 in traditional Chinese, and 宝 in simplified Chinese and Japanese.