(): (bound form) abundant, plentiful, extensive, wide, to win, to gain, to play, to gamble

() is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) abundant.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #965 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, ten. Its radical form (ten) appears in many related characters such as (shí, ten), (, 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse), (bàn, half).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (bound form) abundant
  2. plentiful
  3. extensive
  4. wide
  5. to win
  6. to gain
  7. to play
  8. to gamble

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticten

Decomposition: ⿰十尃 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
nounbó shìdoctor (as an academic degree)4
nounbó wù guǎnmuseum5
nounbó lǎn huìan exposition6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
dǔ bóto gamble
bó kè(loanword) a blog
bó déto win
bó àito show love and compassion for all humankind
bó méng tèBeaumont
bó xuélearned
bǐ ěr bóBilbo Baggins, hero of Tolkien's The Hobbit 霍比特人
bó ěr dùnBolton (name)
bó luósee 博羅縣|博罗县[Bo2 luo2 Xian4]
yuān bóerudite
bó qǔto win (favors, confidence etc)
bó déBodø (city in Norway)
bó yì lùngame theory
bó yìgames (such as chess, dice etc)
bó wénblog article
100
Total compounds
70
As first character
20
As last character
10
As middle character

appears in 100 compound words: 70 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 10 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

guǎn
0.674217,150 co-occurrences
shì
0.645472,596 co-occurrences
0.593417,691 co-occurrences
0.5719,626 co-occurrences
wēi
0.54671,508 co-occurrences
lǎn
0.52024,282 co-occurrences
0.5146,988 co-occurrences
xué
0.444139,500 co-occurrences
shuò
0.4398,424 co-occurrences
0.3926,162 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (16)

bódàjīngshēnHSK 4+

wide-ranging and profound; deep

phrase
bó'érbùjīngHSK 4+

to be a jack of all trades, master of none

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Bógédá FēngHSK 6+

Bogda Peak (the highest mountain in the Bogda Shan range, in the eastern Tian Shan mountains, China)

bógǔtōngjīnHSK 5+

to possess a wide knowledge of things ancient and modern; erudite and informed

phrase
bó sī téng húHSK 7+

Bosten Lake in Xinjiang

phrase
bó wén duō shíHSK 4+

learned and erudite; knowledgeable and experienced

phrase
bówénqiángjìHSK 4+

synonym of 博學強記 /博学强记 (bóxuéqiángjì, “to have a lot of knowledge and a good memory”)

phrase
bówénqiángzhìHSK 4+

erudite; widely read and knowledgeable

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bó wù duō wénHSK 4+

wide and knowledgeable; well-informed and experienced

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bó wù qià wénHSK 7+

to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)

phrase
bóxuéduōcáiHSK 4+

learned and multitalented

phrase
línghé bóyìHSK 7+

zero-sum game

noun

Showing 12 of 16 idioms containing .

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

字虽然难写,但意思很有趣。

bó zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .

The character "博" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

生于战乱 日军纪念品 变故宫爱大鼎

shēng yú zhàn luàn rì jūn jì niàn pǐn biàn gù gōng bó ài dà dǐng

Born in the war, Japanese souvenirs turned into the Forbidden City fraternity cauldron

UdnnewsindexFeb 2026

示警 缓冲期过后祭301永久措施

彭 bó shì jǐng huǎn chōng qī guò hòu jì 3 0 1 yǒng jiǔ cuò shī

Bloomberg warns of permanent measures to sacrifice 301 after the buffer period

工商時報Feb 2026

...本“猫经济”直逼3兆日圆 几乎追平大阪世

. . . běn māo jīng jì zhí bī 3 zhào rì yuán jī hū zhuī píng dà 阪 shì bó

... This "cat economy" is close to 3 trillion yen, almost equaling the Osaka World Expo

百度新闻Feb 2026

寻马记|能看到86匹灵动骏马的北齐壁画物馆

xún mǎ jì néng kàn dào 8 6 pǐ líng dòng jùn mǎ de běi qí bì huà bó wù guǎn

The Northern Qi Mural Museum where you can see 86 smart horses

百度新闻Feb 2026

把年味种在“商城之心”,在商遇见另一种团圆

bǎ nián wèi zhǒng zài shāng chéng zhī xīn , zài shāng bó yù jiàn lìng yī zhǒng tuán yuán

Plant the flavor of the New Year in the "heart of the mall" and meet another reunion at the Business Expo

Tatoeba

这城里有没有物馆?

Zhè chéng lǐ yǒuméiyǒu bówùguǎn?

Is there a museum in this town?

Tatoeba

物馆的入口在哪?

Bówùguǎn de rùkǒu zài nǎ?

Where's the entrance to the museum?

Tatoeba

这条路是不是直接通往普拉多物馆?

Zhè tiáo lù shìbùshì zhíjiē tōngwǎng Pǔlā duō bówùguǎn?

Is this the direct way to the Prado?

Tatoeba

你不喜欢赌,是吗?

Nǐ bù xǐhuan dǔbó, shì ma?

You don't like gambling, do you?

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 博 (bó) mean in Chinese?
博 (bó) primarily means "(bound form) abundant." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #965 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 博 and 窄?
博 (bó) and 窄 (zhǎi) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 博 (wide) vs 窄 (narrow).
How many strokes does 博 have?
博 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 博?
The radical associated with 博 is 十 (ten). This radical appears in many characters related to ten.
What are the components of 博?
博 is composed of: 十 (semantic), 尃 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰十尃 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 博?
Common words with 博 include: 博士 (bó shì, "doctor (as an academic degree)"); 博物馆 (bó wù guǎn, "museum"); 赌博 (dǔ bó, "to gamble"); 博客 (bó kè, "(loanword) a blog"); 博得 (bó dé, "to win"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 博 (bó)?
Several characters share the pronunciation bó: 搏 (to fight), 膊 (shoulder), 拨 (to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc), 波 (wave), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 博 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 博 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.