伯

See also 旧

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 白

Han character

伯 (radical 9 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人竹日 (OHA), four-corner 2620₀, composition ⿰亻白)

1. older brother
2. father's elder brother
3. senior male 'sire'
4. feudal rank: count, earl

Antonyms

• 尗, 叔

References

• KangXi: page 96, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 466
• Dae Jaweon: page 204, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 136, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4F2F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

伯 (jyutping baa3, baak3, Yale ba3, baak3)

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Japanese

Noun

伯 (hiragana はく, romaji haku)

1. count, earl
2. eldest brother, eldest uncle
3. chief official

Kanji

伯 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: はく (haku), は (ha)
• Kun: おさ (osa), はたがしら (hatagashira)

Compounds

医伯 画伯 侯伯 日伯 伯楽 伯兄 伯爵

伯叔 伯仲 伯夫人 伯父 (おじ, oji) 伯母 (おば, oba) 伯林 伯剌西爾

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Korean

Hanja

伯
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 백, 패 (revised: baek, pae, McCune-Reischauer: paek, p'ae)

• Name (hangeul): 맏, 우두머리, 큰아버지, 백작()

1. (맏 백, mat-): eldest (elder) brother
2. (우두머리 백, udumeori-): chief, chieftain, perhaps, Bek

Synonyms

• 昆 (곤, gon) eldest (elder) brother

Compounds

• 伯父 (백부, baek-bu) father's elder brother
• 伯母 (백모, baek-mo) father's elder brother's wife

See also

• 佰 (백, baek) centurion
• 汗 (한, han) Khan
• 可汗 (가한, gahan) Khagan

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Mandarin

Hanzi

伯 (pinyin bó (bo2), Wade-Giles po²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

伯 (bá, bác)

References

• Nom Foundation