播
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(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc); Taiwan pr. [bo4]
Formation & memory
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How 播 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To sow seeds 番 by hand 扌; 番 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
broadcast · Heisig RSH #1420
fingers + fertilizer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 播
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国国际广播电台 | China Radio International; CRI | |
| 美国全国广播公司 | National Broadcasting Company (NBC) | |
| 中国广播公司 | Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC) | |
| 无线电广播 | radio broadcast | |
| 美国广播公司 | ABC (American Broadcasting Corporation) | |
| 国家广播电视总局 | National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), formerly SAPPRFT, the State Administr… | |
| 英国广播电台 | British Broadcasting Corporation; BBC | |
| 小区广播 | (telecommunications) cell broadcast | |
| 全美广播公司 | National Broadcasting Company (NBC) | |
| 播州区 | Bozhou, a district of Zunyi City 遵義市|遵义市[Zun1 yi4 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 英国广播公司 | British Broadcasting Corporation; BBC | |
| 广播电台 | radio station | |
| 广播电台 | radio station; broadcasting station; CL:個|个[ge4],家[jia1] | |
| 性传播 | sexually transmitted | |
| 网上广播 | online broadcast; webcast | |
| 播放机 | player (e.g. CD player) | |
| 广播网路 | broadcast network | |
| 电视广播 | television broadcast; telecast; videocast | |
| 播音员 | announcer; broadcaster | |
| 新闻主播 | newsreader; anchor |