Memory phrase for the character: 博

博

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Meaning

extensive, gains, rich, obtain, to win, plentiful

Pronunciation

bó

Explanation

 Left: ten 十, right: announce 尃 (from top: just now 甫, skillful hand 寸) Here cf. shoulder 膊, thus the body part 月/肉, that somehow looks like the upper body 甫 with that skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
(Together we are stronger:) Tenfold shoulders (together) and skillful hands can achieve extensive gains.

Radicals

十 tenTwo crossed forearms with 5 fingers each makes ten.
尃 to announce. just now 甫 and with a skillful hand 寸. The mnemonics use it as: shoulders 膊.
甫 just, just nowImage of the upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨.
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. As a body part this is the forearm 肘. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".




 Vocabulary

博士 bó shì  doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D.
博茨瓦纳 Bó cí wǎ nà  Botswana
赌博 dǔ bó  to gamble
渊博 yuān bó  erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable
渊博 yuān bó  

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