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Stroke order
12 strokes

博 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十戈月戈 (JIBI), four-corner 43046, composition ⿰十尃)

Cognate with Manchu ᠪᠣᠣ (boo).

博 (bo)

  1. family
trad. 博
simp. # 博
2nd round simp. ⿰十⿺专丶
alternative forms 卜 (poh) Hokkien

| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | | 豧 | *pʰoːs, *pʰa, *pʰas | | 縛 | *baːɡs, *baɡ | | 逋 | *paː | | 餔 | *paː, *baːs | | 晡 | *paː | | 庯 | *paː | | 陠 | *paː, *pʰaː | | 鵏 | *paː, *baːs | | 峬 | *paː | | 誧 | *paː, *pʰaː, *pʰaːʔ, *pʰaːs | | 秿 | *paː, *pʰa, *baʔ | | 鯆 | *paː, *pʰaː, *paʔ | | 補 | *paːʔ | | 圃 | *paːʔ, *paːs | | 鋪 | *pʰaː, *pʰaːs, *pʰa | | 痡 | *pʰaː, *pʰa | | 浦 | *pʰaːʔ | | 烳 | *pʰaːʔ | | 溥 | *pʰaːʔ, *paːɡ | | 悑 | *pʰaːs | | 酺 | *baː | | 匍 | *baː | | 蜅 | *baː, *paʔ | | 脯 | *baː, *paʔ | | 葡 | *baː | | 蒱 | *baː | | 蒲 | *baː | | 簿 | *baːʔ, *baːɡ | | 捕 | *baːs | | 哺 | *baːs | | 簠 | *pa, *paʔ, *pʰas | | 甫 | *paʔ | | 黼 | *paʔ | | 莆 | *paʔ | | 俌 | *paʔ, *pʰaʔ | | 郙 | *paʔ, *pʰa | | 傅 | *paɡs | | 搏 | *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ | | 麱 | *pʰa | | 尃 | *pʰa | | 榑 | *ba | | 輔 | *baʔ | | 鬴 | *baʔ | | 賻 | *baɡs | | 博 | *paːɡ | | 髆 | *paːɡ | | 鎛 | *paːɡ | | 猼 | *paːɡ | | 餺 | *paːɡ | | 簙 | *paːɡ | | 鑮 | *paːɡ, *baːɡ | | 欂 | *paːɡ, *baɡ, *breːɡ | | 蒪 | *pʰaːɡ | | 膊 | *pʰaːɡ | | 薄 | *baːɡ | | 礡 | *baːɡ |

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːɡ) : semantic 十 + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

Note:

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 博
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) bó
MiddleChinese ‹ pak ›
OldChinese /*pˁak/
English broad
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 博
Reading # 1/1
No. 3474
Phoneticcomponent 甫
Rimegroup 鐸
Rimesubdivision 0
CorrespondingMC rime 博
OldChinese /*paːɡ/

博

  1. abundant; plentiful; rich
  2. wide; broad
  3. to thoroughly understand; to be well versed in
  4. to win; to court
    以博歡心／以博欢心 ― yǐ bó huānxīn ― in order to win somebody's favour
    博同情 [Cantonese] ― bok3 tung4 cing4 [Jyutping] ― to gain somebody's sympathy
  5. (historical) Liubo (an ancient Chinese board game)
    alt. forms: 簙 (bó)
  6. to gamble; to play games
  7. (Hokkien) to try without certainty (hoping to get some benefit by chance)
  8. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) maybe; perhaps; probably
  9. Short for 博覽／博览 (bólǎn, “expo”).
  10. Short for 博客 (bókè, “blog”).
  11. Short for 博士 (bóshì, “doctoral degree”).
  12. a surname
Shinjitai 博
Kyūjitai[1] 博󠄁博+󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1)
博󠄄博+󠄄?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho)
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博

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. wide, broad, extensive
  2. gambling

Compounds

Kanji in this term
博
はくGrade: 4
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 博 (MC pak).

博(はく) • (-haku)

  1. doctor, PhD
    医(い)博(はく) ― ihaku ― doctor of medicine
  2. exposition, fair
    万国(ばんこく)博(はく) ― bankokuhaku ― international exposition
Kanji in this term
博
ひろしGrade: 4
nanori

博(ひろし) • (Hiroshi)

  1. a male given name

  2. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 367 (paper), page 233 (digital)

博 (eumhun 넓을 박 (neolbeul bak))

  1. hanja form? of 박 (“wide; broad”)

博 (bạc)

  1. Nôm form of bạc (“paternal uncle”).
    寸太曾注博姑姨
    Thuổn thảy tằng chủ bảc cô tì
    All people, including uncles and aunts.

博: Hán Nôm readings: bác, mác, bạc, vác

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