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薄

báo, bó, bò

thin, slight

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 溥 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

溥 sound component

溥  Sound component

pǔ

  

vast, extensive

Evolution

薄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
薄 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
薄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

薄  

báo

thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy; thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile

薄  

Bó

surname Bo

薄  

bó

meager; slight; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near

薄  

bò

see 薄荷[bò​he]

Most common words with 薄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

薄

meager

刻薄

unkind

薄荷

field mint

微薄

scanty

薄弱

weak

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

礴

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤak

bak

bó

thin


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 17.6998% of movies

1629th most common character in movies

1433rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+8584

Shuowen

“薄，林薄也。一曰蠶薄。从艸，溥聲。”


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