Dong Chinese dictionary

bó

silks

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound.

Components

bái

white

帛 and 白 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.帛 /*[b]ˤrak/
白 /*bˤrak/

巾 Meaning component

jīn

cloth

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

bó

silks, fabrics; wealth, property; silk

Most common words with 帛

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	帛	silk
	化干戈为玉帛	fig. to turn hostility into friendship
	布帛	cloth and silk
	财帛	wealth
	帛画	painting on silk

Component uses

Meaning component in 6 characters (1 verified)

Sources