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(bó) - broad, abundant; doctor (in boshi) in Mandarin

Traditional: 博

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Translation

broad, abundant; doctor (in boshi)

Word origin

A phono-semantic character: the 十 (ten) radical hints at completeness or breadth, and 尃 (fū) supplies the sound, giving the meaning of broad, extensive and learned.

Origin
phono-semantic
Root
十 (ten radical, breadth) + 尃 (fū, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 博

Examples

He is a doctor (PhD).

She is studying for a doctorate.

We are visiting the museum.

This teacher's learning is very broad.

This scholar is very learned.

博 (bó) means broad or abundant; it forms 博士 (bóshì), doctorate, and 博物馆 (bówùguǎn), museum.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 博.

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This word is part of lesson 107.