柏
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cedar; cypress; Taiwan pr. [bo2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 木 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 柏
- Common rank
- #1,425
- Unicode
- U+67CF
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Formation & memory
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Words with 柏
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柏林工业大学 | Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Technische Universitaet zu Berlin) | |
| 新柏拉图主义 | neo-Platonism (philosophical system combining Platonism with mysticism) | |
| 柏油马路 | tarred road; asphalt road | |
| 万柏林区 | Wanbailin, a district of Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 柏拉图 | Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC), Greek philosopher | |
| 双柏县 | Shuangbai, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 z… | |
| 柏油路 | tarred road; asphalt road | |
| 柏举之战 | Battle of Baiju (506 BC), in which Wu 吳|吴[Wu2] scored a crushing victory over Chu 楚[Chu3] | |
| 万柏林 | see 萬柏林區|万柏林区[Wan4 bai3 lin2 Qu1] | |
| 柏孜克里克千佛洞 | the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, in the Turpan Basin, Xinjiang | |
| 都柏林 | Dublin, capital of Ireland | |
| 柏乡县 | Baixiang, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 柏克莱 | Berkeley (name); George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne, famous British philosopher… | |
| 欧柏林 | Oberlin | |
| 柏节松操 | chaste widowhood | |
| 齐柏林 | Zeppelin (name); Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), inventor of the Zeppelin dirigib… | |
| 黄柏 | variant of 黃檗|黄檗[huang2 bo4] | |
| 柏拉图哲学 | Platonism | |
| 柏青哥 | pachinko (loanword) (Tw) | |
| 柏林 | Berlin, capital of Germany |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 白 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白 sound part | white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright | |
| 百 | one hundred; numerous, many | |
| 伯 | older brother; father's elder brother; sir, sire, count | |
| 拍 | to clap, to tap; to hit, to beat, to slap; beat, rhythm | |
| 怕 | to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive | |
| 迫 | to compel, to force; pressing, urgent | |
| 泊 | to anchor; to moor | |
| 魄 | vigor, soul, body; the dark side of the moon | |
| 帛 | silk, fabric; wealth, property | |
| 舶 | large ship, ocean-going vessel | |
| 粕 | sediment, lees, dregs | |
| 铂 | platinum; thin sheet metal |