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泊

pō, bó

anchor vessel

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

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

白 sound component

白  Sound component

bái

  

white

Evolution

泊 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
泊 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
泊 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
泊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

泊  

pō

anchor vessel; lie at anchor; lake; Taiwan pr. [bó]

泊  

bó

to anchor; touch at; to moor

Most common words with 泊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

泊

to anchor

湖泊

lake

尼泊尔

Nepal

漂泊

to rove

血泊

bloodbath

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

箔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤak

bak

bó

calm, still


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.7802% of movies

2597th most common character in movies

2043rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6CCA


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