擘

擘 · bò

thumb; break, tear open, rip

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bò
Cantonese
maak3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

thumb; break, tear open, rip

Dictionary definitions & readings

擘 bò · thumb; to break; to tear; to pierce; to split

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
31966.050:bò Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0019.081:bāi 0085.080:bò Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
028.060:bò Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bò粵maak3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ハク ヘキ ビャク ヒャク さく つんざく Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
벽:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
博厄 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SJQ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7050.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0459.080 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
513.49 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0853p Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+64D8
Radical
手 · 64
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6303

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
擘
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
peak · 博厄 · 梗開二入耕幫 · #3627

PHONO-ML, source line 18813; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
594.603
kCowles
2572
kDaeJaweon
0808.070
kFennIndex
376.05 419.06
kGSR
0853p
kHanYu
31966.050
kIRGDaeJaweon
0808.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
31966.050
kIRGKangXi
0459.080
kKangXi
0459.080
kLau
2054
kMatthews
4985a
kMeyerWempe
1740
kMorohashi
12835
kNelson
2009
kSBGY
513.49
kSMSZD2003Index
270.03
kCangjie
SJQ
kFenn
158E
kFourCornerCode
7050.2
kHKGlyph
1675
kMojiJoho
MJ012833
kPhonetic
1040
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-6B22
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C0BC
kIRG_JSource
J0-5A26
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DDE6
kIRG_KSource
K0-5B7B
kIRG_TSource
T1-7365
kRSUnicode
64.13
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C0BC
kCCCII
214175
kCNS1986
1-7365
kCNS1992
1-7365
kEACC
214175
kGB0
7502
kGB1
7502
kJis0
5806
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
2353
kTGH
2013:6303
kTaiwanTelegraph
2353
kXerox
270:061
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5035+64.4.13
kCantonese
maak3
kDefinition
thumb; break, tear open, rip
kFanqie
博厄
kHangul
벽:0N
kHanyuPinyin
31966.050:bò
kJapanese
ハク ヘキ ビャク ヒャク さく つんざく
kJapaneseKun
SAKU
kJapaneseOn
HAKU HEKI BYAKU
kKorean
PYEK
kMandarin
bò
kSMSZD2003Readings
bò粵maak3
kTGHZ2013
028.060:bò
kXHC1983
0019.081:bāi 0085.080:bò

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Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 擘0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
辟 above 手 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱辟手$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱辟手$(GHTJKP)

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