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箔

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plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc); silkworm basket; metal foil; foil paper

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Strokes
14
Radical
竹 +8
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
箔
Common rank
#2,695
Unicode
U+7B94

Formation & memory

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How 箔 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺮ meaning “bamboo” + 泊 sound ( bó )

Components ⺮ 泊

Words with 箔

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WordPinyinMeaning
金银箔 jīn yín bó gold and silver foil; gold and silver leaf
金箔 jīn bó gold leaf
针线箔篱 zhēn xiàn bó lí (dialect) wicker sewing basket
锡箔纸 xī bó zhǐ aluminum foil; CL:張|张[zhang1]
银箔 yín bó silver foil
纸箔 zhǐ bó joss paper
珠箔 zhū bó curtain of pearls; screen of beads
铝箔纸 lǚ bó zhǐ aluminum foil
锡箔 xī bó tinfoil
蚕箔 cán bó bamboo tray for raising silkworms
铅箔 qiān bó lead foil; CL:張|张[zhang1]
苇箔 wěi bó reed matting; reed screen
箔篱 bó lí (dialect) partition or screen made of plaited bamboo (or rushes, grain stalks etc); a weir…
铝箔 lǚ bó aluminum foil
镴箔 là bó thin foil to make paper money for the dead
镍箔 niè bó nickel sheet; CL:張|张[zhang1]