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孛

bèi, bó

flourishing, thriving

Original form of 勃. Depicts plants thriving (丰) and a child (子) growing.

Components
丰 iconic component

丰  Iconic component

fēng

  

luxuriant

子 iconic component

子  Iconic component

zi, zǐ

  

child

Evolution

孛 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
孛 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
孛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

孛  

bèi

comet

孛  

bó

vigorous; thriving; [variant of 勃]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

勃

Sound component in 10 characters (2 verified)

勃 脖 悖 餑 饽 鵓 鹁 荸 哱 桲

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤ[u]t-s

bwojH

bèi

comet

*[b]ˤ[u]t

bwot

bó

comet


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4394th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5B5B

Shuowen

“孛，也，从；人色也，从子。《論語》曰：‘色孛如也’。”


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