bó
flourishing, prosperous
Phonosemantic compound. 孛 represents the sound and 力 represents the meaning.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 勃
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
flourishing | ||
vigorous | ||
full of zest | ||
erection | ||
KGB (Soviet secret police) |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[b]ˤut | bwot | bó | confused |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 8.4575% of movies
1514th most common character in movies
1533rd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+52C3 |
Shuowen | “勃，排也。从力，孛聲。” |
Sources
季旭昇《說文新證》p.503-504
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