博 — extensive, broad, doctorate

はく博 extensive

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+535A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #794 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #48 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

extensive
broad
doctorate
exposition
win acclaim

Readings

On'yomi: はく haku ばく baku

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はく・ぱく haku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

博(はく) haku doctor 博(はく) 物(ぶつ) 館(かん) hakubutsukan museum 万(ばん) 博(ぱく) banpaku world exposition 博(はく) 覧(らん) hakuran extensive knowledge

はか haka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

博(はか) 士(せ) hakase doctor 博(はか) 多(た) hakata Hakata (district in Fukuoka)

Appears in idioms

博学多才四字熟語

broad learning, many talents

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Components

Composed of

じゅう十 ten #24

尃 spread out

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#24 十 ten

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word

はく・ぱく haku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

はか haka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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博 — extensive, broad, doctorate

Meanings

Readings

word

はく ・ぱく haku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

はか haka Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

はく・ぱく haku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).