懂中文 Dong Chinese

搏

bó

seize

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 尃 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

尃 sound component

尃  Sound component

fū

  

state, announce

Evolution

搏 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
搏 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
搏 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
搏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

搏  

bó

seize; spring upon; strike; to fight; to combat; to seize; (of heart) to beat

Most common words with 搏
Freq.
Word
Meaning

搏

to fight

脉搏

pulse (both medical and figurative)

拼搏

to struggle

搏斗

to wrestle

搏击

to wrestle