煲

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deep cooking pot; to cook slowly in such a pot

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

火 meaning “fire” + 保 sound ( bǎo )

Components 保火

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
电饭煲	diàn fàn bāo	electric rice cooker
海陆煲	hǎi lù bāo	Sea and Land Casserole (Zhejiang dish of chicken and clams simmered in herbal broth)
煲电话粥	bāo diàn huà zhōu	to talk endlessly on the phone
煲饭	bāo fàn	to cook rice
煲汤	bāo tāng	to make soup; slow-simmered soup
箍煲	gū bāo	(originally Cantonese) to patch things up with one's spouse or lover; to reconcile with on…

Characters sharing the sound component 保 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
保 sound part	bǎo	to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
褒	bāo	to cite; to honor, to praise; to recommend
葆	bǎo	dense foliage; to cover, to conceal; to preserve