(bó) - broad, abundant; doctor (in boshi) in Mandarin
bóTraditional: 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
博
Examples
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He is a doctor (PhD).
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She is studying for a doctorate.
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We are visiting the museum.
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This teacher's learning is very broad.
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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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