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漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence

博: Dr., command

Also: esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair

JLPT N112 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met

十 carries the meaning · 尃 gives the sound

12 strokes
  • Small seal · Qin
  • Today

Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

ハクhaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 博士はくしdoctorate, PhD
  • 博識はくしきextensive knowledge
  • 博学はくがくerudition
  • 博物館はくぶつかんmuseum
  • 博覧会はくらんかいfair, exhibition, exposition
  • 博愛主義はくあいしゅぎaltruism
  • 万博ばんぱくworld fair

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 博打ばくちgambling
  • 博士はかせexpert, learned man

Also read バク, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Reach the finish line! This radical represents the number ten and the profound sense of arrival and completeness it brings.”
More in the 十 ten story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
十

Also built on ten (十)

All 28
尃

Also built on 尃

博 takes the 尃 family's reading, ハク (haku).

Also read ハク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read バク

7 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · bó

Same form: 博 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
博 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
博 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin bó most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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