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驳

bó

varicolored

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 爻 represents the sound. Simplified form of 駁.

Components
马 meaning component

马  Meaning component

mǎ

  

horse

爻 sound component

爻  Sound component

yáo

  

diagrams for divination

Evolution

驳 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
驳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
驳 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
驳 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

驳 (駁) 

bó

varicolored, variegated; mixed; contradict, argue; suddenly; variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge; a lighter (ship)

驳 (駮) 

bó

variant of 駁|驳[bó]

Most common words with 驳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

驳回

to reject

反驳

to retort

驳

variegated

驳斥

to refute

辩驳

to dispute

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.1418% of movies

2420th most common character in movies

2022nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

駁

Unicode

U+9A73


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