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博

博

博 U+535A, 博
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-535A
← 卙
[U+5359] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 卛 →
[U+535B]
See also: 愽

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

  • KangXi: page 157, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2761
  • Dae Jaweon: page 360, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 66, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+535A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 博

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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, OC *paːɡ) : semantic 十 + phonetic 尃 ‎(OC *pʰa).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 博
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 鐸 (104)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 補各切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /pwɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /pʷɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /puɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pwak̚/
Li
Rong		 /puɑk̚/
Wang
Li		 /puɑk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /pwɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bo
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 博
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bó
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ pak ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pˤak/
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
Phonetic
component		 甫
Rime
group		 鐸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 博
Old
Chinese		 /*paːɡ/

Definitions

博

  1. gamble, play games
  2. wide, broad, rich, abundant, plentiful

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

博

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Proper noun

博 ‎(hiragana ひろし, romaji Hiroshi)

  1. A male given name

Suffix

博 ‎(hiragana はく, romaji -haku)

  1. doctor, PhD
  2. exposition, fair

Korean

Hanja

博 • ‎(bak)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 박 (McCune-Reischauer: pak)
  • Name (hangeul): 넓을()
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Vietnamese

Han character

博 (bác, mác, bạc, vác)

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