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簸

bǒ, bò

winnower

Phonosemantic compound. 箕 represents the meaning and 皮 represents the sound.

Components
箕 meaning component

箕  Meaning component

jī

  

sieve

皮 sound component

皮  Sound component

pí

  

skin

Evolution

簸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
簸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

簸  

bǒ

winnower; to winnow; to toss

簸  

bò

see 簸箕[bò​jī]

Most common words with 簸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

颠簸

to shake

簸箕

dustpan

簸

to winnow

簸扬

winnow

簸荡

roll

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pˤajʔ

paX

bǒ

winnow (v.)

*pˤajʔ-s

paH

bò

winnow (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3586th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+7C38

Shuowen

“簸，揚米去糠也。从箕，皮聲。”


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