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铂

bó

Character Traditional 鉑

What 铂 means

1. platinum (chemistry)

Example sentences

• 小姐已经有一个戒指，要不要配一条铂金项链？
  Mademoiselle, would you like a platinum necklace to accompany your ring?

Words starting with 铂

• 铂金bó jīnplatinum

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
• 魄pò(literary) soul; mortal soul (i.e. attached to the body)
• 帛bósilk
• 粕pògrains in distilled liquor

Characters that look like 铂

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

• 铝lǚaluminum (chemistry)
• 铅qiānlead (chemistry)
• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 钼mùmolybdenum (chemistry)
• 栩xǔused in 栩栩; jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names

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