礴

礴 · bó

fill, extend

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bó
Cantonese
bok6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

fill, extend

Dictionary definitions & readings

礴 bó · used in 磅礡 páng bó

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42464.030:bó Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0083.060:bó Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
028.010:bó Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
bó粵bok6 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ハク バク Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
傍各 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
MRTEI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1464 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0839.050 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
507.38 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0771q Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7934
Radical
石 · 112
Strokes
21
Residual strokes
16
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6451

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

21 strokes
礴
Strokes
21
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

21 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
bak · 傍各 · 宕合一入唐並 · #3579

PHONO-ML, source line 18558; 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
975.304
kDaeJaweon
1256.100
kGSR
0771q
kHanYu
42464.030
kIRGDaeJaweon
1256.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42464.030
kIRGKangXi
0839.050
kKangXi
0839.050
kMatthews
5326a
kMorohashi
24597:E0103
kSBGY
507.38
kSMSZD2003Index
478.03
kCangjie
MRTEI
kFourCornerCode
1464
kMojiJoho
MJ018737 MJ018738:E0102 MJ018739:E0103 MJ018737:E0104 MJ018740:E0105
kPhonetic
1073C
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-6D67
kIRG_HSource
H-FEE8
kIRG_JSource
J13-7932
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6109
kIRG_KSource
K2-4D65
kIRG_TSource
T2-7245
kRSUnicode
112.16
kTotalStrokes
21
kCCCII
22665D
kEACC
22665D
kGB0
7771
kGB1
7771
kJIS0213
1,89,18
kJis1
4841
kMainlandTelegraph
4353
kTGH
2013:6451
kTaiwanTelegraph
4353
kXerox
315:314
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17014+112.5.16 V+14904+112.5.16
kCantonese
bok6
kDefinition
fill, extend
kFanqie
傍各
kHanyuPinyin
42464.030:bó
kJapanese
ハク バク
kJapaneseKun
MAJIRU
kJapaneseOn
HAKU BAKU
kMandarin
bó
kSMSZD2003Readings
bó粵bok6
kTGHZ2013
028.010:bó
kXHC1983
0083.060:bó

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 礴0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰石薄$(GHTJKP)

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