伯
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father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #386 U+4F2F
How 伯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 白 (phonetic, bái)
How to remember it
father’s older brother · Heisig RSH #2057
人 person + dove
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 白
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 白 (bái) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白 sound component | bái | white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright |
| 百 | bǎi | one hundred; numerous, many |
| 拍 | pāi | to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm |
| 柏 | bǎi | cypress, cedar |
| 怕 | pà | to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive |
| 迫 | pò | to compel, to force; pressing, urgent |
| 泊 | bó | to anchor; to moor |
| 魄 | pò | vigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon |
| 帛 | bó | silk, fabric; wealth, property |
| 舶 | bó | large ship, ocean-going vessel |
| 粕 | pò | sediment, lees, dregs |
| 铂 | bó | platinum; thin sheet metal |
Words containing 伯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开伯尔山口 | Kāi bó ěr shān kǒu | Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan) |
| 新西伯利亚市 | Xīn xī bó lì yà shì | Novosibirsk, city in Russia |
| 阿拉伯联合大公国 | Ā lā bó Lián hé Dà gōng guó | United Arab Emirates (Tw) |
| 大伯子 | dà bǎi zi | (coll.) husband's elder brother |
| 新西伯利亚 | Xīn xī bó lì yà | Novosibirsk (city in Russia) |
| 阿拉伯人 | Ā lā bó rén | Arab; Arabian; Arabian people |
| 阿拉伯海 | Ā lā bó Hǎi | Arabian Sea |
| 沙特阿拉伯人 | Shā tè Ā lā bó rén | a Saudi; Saudi Arabian person |
| 伯里克利 | Bó lǐ kè lì | Pericles (c. 495–429 BC), Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War |
| 西伯利亚 | Xī bó lì yà | Siberia |
| 阿拉伯文 | Ā lā bó wén | Arabic (language & writing) |
| 阿尔伯特 | Ā ěr bó tè | Albert (name) |
| 阿拉伯数字 | Ā lā bó shù zì | Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| 阿拉伯语 | Ā lā bó yǔ | Arabic (language) |
| 斯皮尔伯格 | Sī pí ěr bó gé | Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director |
| 海伯利 | Hǎi bó lì | Highbury (name) |
| 开伯尔 | Kāi bó ěr | Khyber province of Pakistan; Northwest Frontier province |
| 米德尔伯里 | Mǐ dé ěr bó lǐ | Middlebury (College) |
| 亚斯伯格 | Yà sī bó gé | see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[A1 si1 pei4 er3 ge2 er3] |
| 伯克利 | Bó kè lì | Berkeley |