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伯

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father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
7
Radical
人 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
伯
Common rank
#386
Unicode
U+4F2F

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Formation & memory

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How 伯 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 meaning “person” + 白 sound ( bái )

Components 亻 白

How to remember it

father’s older brother · Heisig RSH #2057

人 person + dove

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 伯

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
开伯尔山口 Kāi bó ěr shān kǒu Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
新西伯利亚市 Xīn xī bó lì yà shì Novosibirsk, city in Russia
阿拉伯联合大公国 Ā lā bó Lián hé Dà gōng guó United Arab Emirates (Tw)
大伯子 dà bǎi zi (coll.) husband's elder brother
新西伯利亚 Xīn xī bó lì yà Novosibirsk (city in Russia)
阿拉伯人 Ā lā bó rén Arab; Arabian; Arabian people
阿拉伯海 Ā lā bó Hǎi Arabian Sea
沙特阿拉伯人 Shā tè Ā lā bó rén a Saudi; Saudi Arabian person
伯里克利 Bó lǐ kè lì Pericles (c. 495–429 BC), Athenian statesman and general during the Peloponnesian War
西伯利亚 Xī bó lì yà Siberia
阿拉伯文 Ā lā bó wén Arabic (language & writing)
阿尔伯特 Ā ěr bó tè Albert (name)
阿拉伯数字 Ā lā bó shù zì Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
阿拉伯语 Ā lā bó yǔ Arabic (language)
斯皮尔伯格 Sī pí ěr bó gé Steven Spielberg (1946-), US film director
海伯利 Hǎi bó lì Highbury (name)
开伯尔 Kāi bó ěr Khyber province of Pakistan; Northwest Frontier province
米德尔伯里 Mǐ dé ěr bó lǐ Middlebury (College)
亚斯伯格 Yà sī bó gé see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[A1 si1 pei4 er3 ge2 er3]
伯克利 Bó kè lì Berkeley

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 白 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
白 sound part bái white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright
百 bǎi one hundred; numerous, many
拍 pāi to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm
柏 bǎi cypress, cedar
怕 pà to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
迫 pò to compel, to force; pressing, urgent
泊 bó to anchor; to moor
魄 pò vigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon
帛 bó silk, fabric; wealth, property
舶 bó large ship, ocean-going vessel
粕 pò sediment, lees, dregs
铂 bó platinum; thin sheet metal