博
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(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble; learned; well-read; (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士[bo2 shi4]); (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客[bo2 ke4])
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
knowledgeable · Heisig RSH #1381
needle + gummed label
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 博
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地大物博 | vast territory with abundant resources (idiom) | |
| 博物学家 | naturalist (expert in natural history) | |
| 马里博尔 | Maribor, 2nd biggest city in Slovenia | |
| 博山区 | Boshan, a district of Zibo City 淄博市[Zi1 bo2 Shi4], Shandong | |
| 博白县 | Bobai, a county in Yulin City 玉林市[Yu4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi | |
| 马拉博 | Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea | |
| 博物学 | natural history | |
| 博尔德 | Boulder, Colorado | |
| 法学博士 | Doctor of Laws; Legum Doctor | |
| 文学博士 | Doctor of Letters | |
| 博罗县 | Boluo, a county in Huizhou City 惠州市[Hui4 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong | |
| 博尔塔拉州 | see 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州[Bo2 er3 ta3 la1 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] | |
| 东方三博士 | the Magi; the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story | |
| 博尔塔拉蒙古自治州 | Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆維吾爾自治區|新疆维吾尔自… | |
| 博尔塔拉 | see 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州[Bo2 er3 ta3 la1 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1] | |
| 中国国家博物馆 | National Museum of China | |
| 博乐市 | Bole, a county-level city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州[Bo2 … | |
| 托拉博拉 | Tora Bora, cave complex in the White Mountains of eastern Afghanistan | |
| 世博会 | World Expo (abbr. for 世界博覽會|世界博览会[Shi4 jie4 Bo2 lan3 hui4]) | |
| 比尔博 | Bilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人 |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 尃 — compare how they read.