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帛

bó

Character

What 帛 means

1. silk

Example sentences

• 这个汉墓中发现了帛书。
  Zhège hàn mù zhōng fāxiàn le bó shū.
  In this tomb from the Han dynasty, a book was found.
• 国外都不好，帛琉也是。
  I hate every single other country. Even Palau.

Words starting with 帛

• 帛琉Bó liú(Taiwan) Palau
• 帛画bó huàpainting on silk
• 帛金bó jīn(HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral

Words containing 帛

• 布帛bù bócloth and silk; cotton and silk textiles
• 竹帛zhú bóbamboo and silk writing materials (before paper)
• 财帛cái bówealth; money
• 化干戈为玉帛huà gān gē wéi yù bólit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)…
• 布帛菽粟bù bó shū sù(lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom); (fig.) food and clothing; daily necessities

Characters built on 白

These share the phonetic component 白 (bái), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 伯bófather's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 迫pòto force; to compel; to approach or go towards
• 泊pōlake; Taiwan pr. bó
• 舶bóship
• 珀pòused in 琥珀
• 铂bóplatinum (chemistry)
• 魄pò(literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Characters that look like 帛

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 果guǒfruit; result; resolute
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 享xiǎngto enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
• 勇yǒngbrave
• 曷héwhy; how; when

Sounds the same

Read bó, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 博(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 膊shoulder; upper arm
• 薄meager; slight; weak
• 脖neck
• 伯father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle
• 勃flourishing; prosperous; suddenly
• 驳variegated; heterogeneous; to refute
• 舶ship
• 搏to fight; to combat; to seize
• 泊to moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); (literary) calm; quiet; peaceful
• 卜used in 萝卜
• 铂platinum (chemistry)