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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bó | bo2
English translation
silk, fabric; wealth, property

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

cloth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

白巾

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

Bái

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and Bái represents the sound.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
silk
化干戈为玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó fig. to turn hostility into friendship化干戈為玉帛
布帛 bù bó cloth and silk布帛 bù bó
财帛 cái bó wealth財帛
帛画 bó huà painting on silk帛畫
竹帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper)竹帛 zhú bó
布帛菽粟 bù bó shū sù food and clothing布帛菽粟 bù bó shū sù

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