博

See also: 愽

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 十 + phonetic 尃

Han character

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

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

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		博

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bó (bo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):
• Min Nan (POJ): phoah / phok / poh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: bó
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
    • Wade-Giles: po²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
    • IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³
    • Yale: bok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phoah / phok / poh
    • Tâi-lô: phuah / phok / poh
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/, /pɔʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰuaʔ³²/, /pʰɔk̚³²/, /pɔʔ³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (博, reconstructed)
Character (博), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 幫 (1) Final: 鐸 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 補各切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/pwɑk̚/	/pwɑk̚/	/puɑk̚/	/pʷɑk̚/	/pwak̚/	/puɑk̚/	/puɑk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (博, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
博								bó								‹ pak ›								/*pˤak/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
博					3474					甫					鐸					0					博					/*paːɡ/

Definitions

博

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Compounds

• 博客

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Japanese

Kanji

博

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: はく (haku)
• Kan’on: はく (haku)
• Kan’yōon: ばく (baku)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi), ひろめる (hiromeru)

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

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Korean

Hanja

博 (bak)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 박 (revised: bak, McCune-Reischauer: pak)

• Name (hangeul): 넓을()

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Vietnamese

Han character

博 (bác, mác, bạc, vác)

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