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擘

bò

Character

What 擘 means

1. thumb
2. to break
3. to tear
4. to pierce
5. to split

Words starting with 擘

• 擘划bò huàto plan; to arrange
• 擘开bò kāito break open
• 擘画bò huàvariant of 擘划

Words containing 擘

• 巨擘jù bò(of a person) leading figure; authority (in a field); (of a company) giant…

Characters that look like 擘

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

• 赞zàn(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞
• 擎qíngto raise; to hold up; to lift up
• 臀túnbuttocks; hips; rump
• 檬méngused in 柠檬
• 瞥piēto shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
• 餮tiè(literary) greedy; gluttonous

Sounds the same

Read bò, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 簸used in 簸箕
• 柏used in 黄柏; Taiwan pr. bó
• 檗used in 黄檗
• 譒to promulgate; to spread
• 薄see 薄荷
• 蘗old variant of 檗
• 捭variant of 擘; to separate; to split