帛 (bó): silk

帛 (bó) is a Chinese character meaning “silk.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 巾 (cloth). It ranks #4598 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 巾 cloth5 strokesFrequency #4598

Definitions

  1. silk

Stroke Order

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8

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
帛金bó jīn(HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral
布帛bù bócloth and silk
化干戈为玉帛huà gān gē wéi yù bólit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
财帛cái bówealth
帛画bó huàpainting on silk
布帛菽粟bù bó shū sùlit. cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom)
帛琉bó liú(Tw) Palau
竹帛zhú bóbamboo and silk writing materials (before paper)
8
Total compounds
38
As first character
50
As last character
13
As middle character

帛 appears in 8 compound words: 38 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

这个帛字在古汉语中有不同的含义。

zhè gè bó zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .

In Classical Chinese, the character "帛" has different meanings.

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 帛 (bó) mean in Chinese?
帛 (bó) primarily means "silk." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #4598 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 帛 have?
帛 is written with 5 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 帛?
The radical associated with 帛 is 巾 (cloth). This radical appears in many characters related to cloth.
What are common words containing 帛?
Common words with 帛 include: 帛金 (bó jīn, "(HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral"); 布帛 (bù bó, "cloth and silk"); 化干戈为玉帛 (huà gān gē wéi yù bó, "lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)"); 财帛 (cái bó, "wealth"); 帛画 (bó huà, "painting on silk"). There are over 8 compound words containing this character.
Is 帛 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 帛 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.