播

播 U+64AD, 播 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AD ← 撬 [U+64AC] CJK Unified Ideographs 撮 → [U+64AE]

Translingual

Han character

播 (radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手竹木田 (QHDW), four-corner 5206₉, composition ⿰扌番)

1. sow, spread
2. broadcast
3. cast away, reject

References

• KangXi: page 456, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12747
• Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1960, character 12
• Unihan data for U+64AD

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		播
alternative forms		抪 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (番) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
皤	*paːl, *baːl
嶓	*paːl
番	*paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban
播	*paːls
譒	*paːls
鄱	*baːl
潘	*pʰaːn
蟠	*baːn, *ban
磻	*baːn
蕃	*pan, *ban
轓	*pan, *pʰan
鱕	*pan
鐇	*pan, *ban
藩	*pan, *ban
籓	*pan
橎	*panʔ
翻	*pʰan
幡	*pʰan
飜	*pʰan
旛	*pʰan, *ban
繙	*pʰan, *ban
燔	*ban
蹯	*ban
膰	*ban
羳	*ban
鷭	*ban
璠	*ban
襎	*ban
墦	*ban

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bō, bò

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ, ㄅㄛˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic): бә (bə, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bo³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pò͘ / pò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bua³

• Wu (Wiktionary): pu (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: bō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
    • Wade–Giles: po1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bo
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: bò
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ
    • Wade–Giles: po4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic: бә (bə, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bo³
    • Yale: bo
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bo³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘
    • Tâi-lô: pòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò
    • Tâi-lô: pò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bua³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puà
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pua²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: pu (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pv̩ʷ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /puɑ^H/

Rime
Character	播
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	補過切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/puɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwaH/
Li Rong	/puɑH/
Wang Li	/puɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bò

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤar-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	播
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bò
Middle Chinese	‹ paH ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁar-s/
English	to sow
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	播
Reading #	1/1
No.	2872
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	播
Old Chinese	/*paːls/

Definitions

播

1. to sow; to seed
2. to broadcast; to spread
3. (literary) to move about; to remove; to migrate; to go into exile
4. ^† to scatter

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǒ (bo³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˇ
    • Wade–Giles: po3
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǒ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ²¹⁴/

Definitions

播

1. ^† Alternative form of 簸 (bǒ, “toss up and down”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 播

• 一級傳播／一级传播
• 主播 (zhǔbō)
• 乘輿播越／乘舆播越
• 乘輿播遷／乘舆播迁
• 二手傳播／二手传播
• 人際傳播／人际传播
• 傳播／传播 (chuánbō)
• 傳播功能／传播功能
• 傳播媒體／传播媒体
• 傳播學／传播学 (chuánbōxué)
• 傳播界／传播界
• 傳播者／传播者
• 傳播衛星／传播卫星
• 公眾傳播／公众传播
• 受播者
• 口語傳播／口语传播
• 圖文傳播／图文传播
• 大眾傳播／大众传播 (dàzhòng chuánbō)
• 太空傳播／太空传播
• 實況轉播／实况转播
• 導播／导播 (dǎobō)
• 小廣播／小广播
• 展播
• 廣播／广播 (guǎngbō)
• 廣播劇／广播剧
• 廣播段／广播段
• 廣播界／广播界
• 廣播節／广播节
• 廣播節目／广播节目
• 廣播系統／广播系统
• 廣播網／广播网
• 廣播電臺／广播电台 (guǎngbō diàntái)
• 掀風播浪／掀风播浪
• 掂斤播兩／掂斤播两
• 插播 (chābō)

• 搬斤播兩／搬斤播两
• 撒播
• 撒播機／撒播机
• 播亂／播乱 (bōluàn)
• 播出 (bōchū)
• 播出頻道／播出频道
• 播名天下
• 播土揚塵／播土扬尘
• 播報／播报 (bōbào)
• 播報員／播报员 (bōbàoyuán)
• 播州
• 播幅
• 播弄
• 播惡遺臭／播恶遗臭
• 播揚／播扬
• 播放 (bōfàng)
• 播散 (bōsàn)
• 播敷
• 播映
• 播棄／播弃
• 播棋 (“mancala”)
• 播流
• 播發／播发
• 播種／播种 (bōzhòng)
• 播種機／播种机
• 播糠眯目
• 播蕩／播荡
• 播越 (bōyuè)
• 播越失據／播越失据
• 播送 (bōsòng)
• 播遷／播迁
• 播郎鼓
• 播音 (bōyīn)
• 播音員／播音员 (bōyīnyuán)
• 收播

• 散播 (sànbō)
• 文字傳播／文字传播
• 春播 (chūnbō)
• 有線廣播／有线广播
• 條播／条播
• 流播 (liúbō)
• 直接廣播／直接广播
• 直播 (zhíbō)
• 直播衛星／直播卫星
• 直播電視／直播电视
• 短波廣播／短波广播
• 秋播
• 立體廣播／立体广播
• 耬播／耧播
• 聯播／联播 (liánbō)
• 聲名遠播／声名远播
• 衛星轉播／卫星转播
• 視聽傳播／视听传播
• 試播／试播
• 調幅廣播／调幅广播
• 調頻廣播／调频广播
• 轉播／转播 (zhuǎnbō)
• 轉播站／转播站
• 逋播
• 遠播／远播
• 選播／选播
• 配置廣播／配置广播
• 醜聲遠播／丑声远播
• 重播 (chóngbō)
• 開播／开播 (kāibō)
• 顛播／颠播
• 飛播／飞播
• 首播 (shǒubō)
• 點播／点播 (diǎnbō)

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Japanese

Kanji

播

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. scatter, spread, disseminate

Readings

• Go-on: は (ha)
• Kan-on: は (ha)
• Kan’yō-on: はん (han); ばん (ban)
• Kun: まく (maku, 播く)

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Korean

Hanja

播 (eumhun 뿌릴 파 (ppuril pa))

1. to spray, spread, scatter, sow

Synonyms

• 散 (산, san)
• 撒 (살, sal)

Derived terms

• 播種 (파종, pajong) seeding, sowing
• 傳播 (전파, jeonpa) diffusion, propagation, transfer

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Vietnamese

Han character

播: Hán Nôm readings: vá, bá, bạ, phăng, vả, vớ, bợ

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