博

See also: 愽

博	U+535A, 博 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-535A

← 卙
[U+5359]

CJK Unified Ideographs

卛 →
[U+535B]

博	U+2F82E, 博 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F82E

← 卑
[U+2F82D]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

即 →
[U+2F82F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

博 (Kangxi radical 24, 十+10, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十戈月戈 (JIBI), four-corner 4304₆, composition ⿰十尃)

Derived characters

𠽢, 𣽡, 𭧧, 𫓆, 𮑀, 簙

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 157, character 13
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2761
Dae Jaweon: page 360, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 66, character 2
Unihan data for U+535A

Unihan data for U+2F82E

Bala

Etymology

Cognate with Manchu ᠪᠣᠣ (boo).

Noun

博 (bo)

family

References

“The Only Known Text from Bala, an Extinct Tungusic Language”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎^[1], volume 9, number 1, 2021, pages 173–191

Chinese

trad.		博
simp. ^#		博
2nd round simp.		⿰十⿺专丶
alternative forms		卜 (poh) Hokkien

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 博
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
豧	pʰoːs, pʰa, *pʰas
縛	baːɡs, baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	paː, baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	paː, pʰaː
鵏	paː, baːs
峬	*paː
誧	paː, pʰaː, pʰaːʔ, pʰaːs
秿	paː, pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	paː, pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	paːʔ, paːs
鋪	pʰaː, pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	pʰaː, pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	pʰaːʔ, paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	baː, paʔ
脯	baː, paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	baːʔ, baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	pa, paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	paʔ, pʰaʔ
郙	paʔ, pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	paɡs, paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	paːɡ, baːɡ
欂	paːɡ, baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːɡ) : semantic 十 + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bó (bo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bok³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bok²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): pok

(Meixian, Guangdong): bog⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): báuk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): phok / pok / poh

(Teochew, Peng'im): pag⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷poq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bó
  - Wade–Giles: po²
  - Yale: bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bok³
  - Yale: bok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bok²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔk̚⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pok
  - Hakka Romanization System: bog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pok̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pɔk̚¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: báuk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑuʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok
  - Tâi-lô: phok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok
  - Tâi-lô: pok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: poh
  - Tâi-lô: poh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poiq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /poʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /poʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤʔ³²/

Note:

phok/pok - literary;
poh - vernacular (“to try without certainty; maybe”).

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: pag⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phak
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰak̚²/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁷poq
  - MiniDict: poh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴poq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /poʔ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: pak

Rime
Character	博
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	補各切
Baxter	pak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwak̚/
Li Rong	/puɑk̚/
Wang Li	/puɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤak/

(Zhengzhang): /*paːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	博
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ pak ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁak/
English	broad
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	博
Reading #	1/1
No.	3474
Phonetic component	甫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	博
Old Chinese	/*paːɡ/

Definitions

博

abundant; plentiful; rich
wide; broad
to thoroughly understand; to be well versed in
to win; to court
以博歡心／以博欢心 ― yǐ bó huānxīn ― in order to win somebody's favour

博同情 [Cantonese] ― bok³ tung⁴ cing⁴ [Jyutping] ― to gain somebody's sympathy
(historical) Liubo (an ancient Chinese board game)
alt. forms: 簙 (bó)
to gamble; to play games
(Hokkien) to try without certainty (hoping to get some benefit by chance)
(Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) maybe; perhaps; probably
Short for 博覽／博览 (bólǎn, “expo”).
Short for 博客 (bókè, “blog”).
Short for 博士 (bóshì, “doctoral degree”).
a surname

Synonyms

(maybe):

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也許／也许 (yěxǔ)
保不住 (bǎobuzhù) (colloquial)
保不定 (bǎobudìng) (colloquial)
保不齊／保不齐 (bǎobuqí) (colloquial)
備不住／备不住 (bèibuzhù) (regional)
凡勢／凡势 (hoān-sè) (Taiwanese Hokkien)
博定 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
可能 (kěnéng)
容許／容许 (róngxǔ) (literary)
怕係／怕系 (Hakka)
怕是 (pàshì)
或者 (huòzhě)
或許／或许 (huòxǔ)
指不定 (zhǐbùdìng)
搞不好 (gǎobùhǎo)
歉采 (Hokkien)
殼張／壳张 (⁷khoq-tsan) (Wu, dated)
沒準兒／没准儿 (méizhǔnr) (colloquial)
興許／兴许 (xīngxǔ) (colloquial)
話勿出／话勿出 (⁶gho-veq-tsheq) (Wu)
話唔埋／话唔埋 (waa⁶ m⁴ maai⁴) (Cantonese)
話唔定／话唔定 (waa⁶ m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
說不定／说不定 (shuōbùdìng)
講勿定／讲勿定 (⁵kaon-veq-din) (Wu)
講唔定／讲唔定 (gong² m⁴ ding⁶) (Cantonese)
難免／难免 (nánmiǎn)

Compounds

Japanese

See also 博す, and 博する

Shinjitai	博
Kyūjitai ^[1]	博󠄁 博+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	博󠄄 博+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

博

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

wide, broad, extensive
gambling

Readings

Go-on: はく (haku, Jōyō)
Kan-on: はく (haku, Jōyō)
Kan’yō-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō ^†)
Kun: ひろい (hiroi, 博い)、ひろめる (hiromeru)
Nanori: とおる (tōru)、はか (haka)、ひろ (hiro)、ひろし (hiroshi)、ひろむ (hiromu)

Compounds

医博(いはく) (ihaku, “doctor of medicine”)
該博(がいはく) (gaihaku, “profundity; profound”)
賭博(とばく) (tobaku, “gambling”)
博士(はかせ) (hakase, “doctor; expert”)
博多(はかた) (hakata, “Hakata”)
博愛(はくあい) (hakuai, “fraternity”)
博奕(ばくえき) (bakueki, “gambling”)
博雅(はくが) (hakuga, “erudition; erudite”)
博学(はくがく) (hakugaku, “erudition; erudite”)
博戯(はくぎ) (hakugi, “gambling game”)
博士(はくし) (hakushi, “doctor”)
博識(はくしき) (hakushiki, “erudition; erudite”)
博捜(はくそう) (hakusō, “wide search”)
博大(はくだい) (hakudai, “large and wide”)
博打(ばくち) (bakuchi, “gambling”)
博徒(ばくと) (bakuto, “gambler”)
博物(はくぶつ) (hakubutsu, “natural history; wide learning”)
博聞(はくぶん) (hakubun, “well-informed, erudite”)
博覧(はくらん) (hakuran, “public exhibition; extensive knowledge”)
万博(ばんぱく) (banpaku, “international exposition, expo”)
文博(ぶんはく) (bunhaku, “doctor of literature”)
理博(りはく) (rihaku, “doctor of science”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
博
はく Grade: 4
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 博 (MC pak).

Suffix

博(はく) • (-haku)

doctor, PhD
医(い)博(はく) ― ihaku ― doctor of medicine
exposition, fair
万国(ばんこく)博(はく) ― bankokuhaku ― international exposition

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
博
ひろし Grade: 4
nanori

Proper noun

博(ひろし) • (Hiroshi)

a male given name

References

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 367 (paper), page 233 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

博 (eumhun 넓을 박 (neolbeul bak))

hanja form^? of 박 (“wide; broad”)

Compounds

도박 (賭博, dobak, “gambling”)
박사 (博士, baksa, “a doctor (person who has attained a doctorate)”)
박물관 (博物館, bangmulgwan, “museum”)

Tày

Noun

博 (bạc)

Nôm form of bạc (“paternal uncle”).
寸太曾注博姑姨
Thuổn thảy tằng chủ bảc cô tì
All people, including uncles and aunts.

References

Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[2] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese

Han character

博: Hán Nôm readings: bác, mác, bạc, vác

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[1] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 367 (paper), page 233 (digital)

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