博

See also: 愽

博 U+2F82E, 博 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F82E ← 卑 [U+2F82D] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 即 → [U+2F82F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		博
simp. #		博
alternative forms		⿰十⿺专丶 (second-round simplified)

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／形声, OC *paːɡ) : semantic 十 + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 博

1. abundant; plentiful; rich
2. wide; broad
3. to win; to court
4. to gamble; to play games
5. Short for 博客 (bókè, “blog”).
6. Short for 博士 (bóshì, “doctoral degree”).

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Japanese

Kanji

博

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: はく (haku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: はく (haku, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō ^†)
• Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 博い); ひろめる (hiromeru)
• Nanori: とおる (tōru); はか (haka); ひろ (hiro); ひろし (hiroshi); ひろむ (hiromu)

Proper noun

博(ひろし) • (Hiroshi) 

1. a male given name

Suffix

博(はく) • (-haku) 

1. doctor, PhD
2. exposition, fair

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Korean

Hanja

博 • (bak)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 박 (McCune–Reischauer: pak)
  • Name (hangeul): 넓을
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

博: Hán Nôm readings: bác, mác, bạc, vác

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