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镈

bó

Character Traditional 鎛

What 镈 means

1. ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell
2. hoe
3. spade

Words containing 镈

• 皇甫镈Huáng fǔ BóHuangfu Bo (c. 800), Minister during early Tang

Characters built on 尃

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

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 搏bóto fight; to combat; to seize

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