檗

檗 · bò

a cork tree

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bò
Cantonese
paak3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a cork tree

Dictionary definitions & readings

檗 bò · used in 黃檗 huáng bò

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21306.020:bò,bì Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0085.070:bò Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
028.050:bò Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bò粵baak3,paak3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ハク バク ヘキ ヒャク ビャク きわだ きはだ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
벽:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
博厄 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SJD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7090.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0557.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
513.48 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6A97
Radical
木 · 75
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6302

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
檗
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 18812; 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
725.304
kDaeJaweon
0946.130
kHanYu
21306.020
kIRGDaeJaweon
0946.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21306.020
kIRGKangXi
0557.040
kKangXi
0557.040
kMorohashi
15669
kSBGY
513.48
kSMSZD2003Index
335.07
kCangjie
SJD
kFourCornerCode
7090.4
kMojiJoho
MJ014583
kPhonetic
1040
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTJKP
kIRG_GSource
G0-695E
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C0D0
kIRG_JSource
J0-5D21
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-DDE7
kIRG_KSource
K0-5B7C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7379
kRSUnicode
75.13
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C0D0
kCCCII
22417D
kCNS1986
1-7379
kCNS1992
1-7379
kEACC
2D563F
kGB0
7362
kGB1
7362
kJis0
6101
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6302
kXerox
323:146
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5312+75.4.13
kCantonese
paak3
kDefinition
a cork tree
kFanqie
博厄
kHangul
벽:0N
kHanyuPinyin
21306.020:bò,bì
kJapanese
ハク バク ヘキ ヒャク ビャク きわだ きはだ
kJapaneseKun
KIWADA
kJapaneseOn
HAKU BYAKU
kKorean
PYEK
kMandarin
bò
kSMSZD2003Readings
bò粵baak3,paak3
kTGHZ2013
028.050:bò
kXHC1983
0085.070:bò

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 檗0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱辟木$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.