博
(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble; learned; well-read; (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bo2 shi4]); (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2 ke4])
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Dict coverage rank #460 U+535A
How 博 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
十 (semantic, “ten”) + 尃 (phonetic, fū)
How to remember it
knowledgeable · Heisig RSH #1381
needle + gummed label
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尃
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尃 (fū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尃 sound component | fū | to announce, to state |
| 搏 | bó | combat; to fight; to strike |
| 缚 | fù | to tie, to bind |
| 膊 | bó | shoulder, upper arm |
| 溥 | pǔ | big, great, vast; extensive, pervading, widespread |
| 镈 | bó | large bell; hoe, spade |
| 赙 | fù | to contribute to funeral expenses |
Words containing 博
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地大物博 | dì dà wù bó | vast territory with abundant resources (idiom) |
| 博物学家 | bó wù xué jiā | naturalist (expert in natural history) |
| 马里博尔 | Mǎ lǐ bó ěr | Maribor, 2nd biggest city in Slovenia |
| 博山区 | Bó shān Qū | Boshan, a district of Zibo City 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 博白县 | Bó bái Xiàn | Bobai, a county in Yulin City 玉林市[Yu4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi |
| 马拉博 | Mǎ lā bó | Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea |
| 博物学 | bó wù xué | natural history |
| 博尔德 | Bó ěr dé | Boulder, Colorado |
| 法学博士 | fǎ xué bó shì | Doctor of Laws; Legum Doctor |
| 文学博士 | wén xué bó shì | Doctor of Letters |
| 博罗县 | Bó luó Xiàn | Boluo, a county in Huizhou City 惠州市[Hui4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 博尔塔拉州 | Bó ěr tǎ lā Zhōu | see 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州[Bo2 er3 ta3 la1 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 东方三博士 | Dōng fāng sān Bó shì | the Magi; the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story |
| 博尔塔拉蒙古自治州 | Bó ěr tǎ lā Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu | Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自… |
| 博尔塔拉 | Bó ěr tǎ lā | see 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州[Bo2 er3 ta3 la1 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] |
| 中国国家博物馆 | Zhōng guó Guó jiā Bó wù guǎn | National Museum of China |
| 博乐市 | Bó lè Shì | Bole, a county-level city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州[Bo2 … |
| 托拉博拉 | Tuō lā bó lā | Tora Bora, cave complex in the White Mountains of eastern Afghanistan |
| 世博会 | Shì bó huì | World Expo (abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4]) |
| 比尔博 | Bǐ ěr bó | Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人 |