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箔

bó

Character

What 箔 means

1. plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc)
2. silkworm basket
3. metal foil
4. foil paper

Words starting with 箔

• 箔篱bó lí(dialect) partition or screen made of plaited bamboo (or rushes, grain stalks etc)…

Words containing 箔

• 珠箔zhū bócurtain of pearls; screen of beads
• 纸箔zhǐ bójoss paper
• 金箔jīn bógold leaf
• 铅箔qiān bólead foil
• 银箔yín bósilver foil
• 铝箔lǚ bóaluminum foil
• 锡箔xī bótinfoil
• 镍箔niè bónickel sheet
• 洋铁箔yáng tiě bótinfoil
• 贴锡箔tiē xī bóto decorate with tin foil
• 金银箔jīn yín bógold and silver foil; gold and silver leaf
• 铝箔纸lǚ bó zhǐaluminum foil
• 锡箔纸xī bó zhǐaluminum foil
• 苇箔wěi bóreed matting; reed screen
• 针线箔篱zhēn xiàn bó lí(dialect) wicker sewing basket
• 蚕箔cán bóbamboo tray for raising silkworms
• 镴箔là bóthin foil to make paper money for the dead

Characters built on 竹

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

• 簸bǒto winnow; to toss up and down
• 笸pǒflat basket-tray

Characters that look like 箔

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

• 煽shānto fan into a flame; to incite
• 锯jùa saw; to saw
• 蕴yùnto accumulate; to hold in store; to contain
• 筷kuàichopstick
• 箍gūhoop; to bind with hoops
• 筱xiǎodwarf bamboo; thin bamboo

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
• 帛silk
• 卜used in 萝卜