箔

bó
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plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

箔 combines 𥫗, bamboo, with 泊 pō, which supplies the sound, with the same rhyme. It first meant a bamboo screen or curtain. Later it grew to a bamboo tray for silkworms.

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Homophones

伯bó
father's elder brother, senior
勃bó
flourishing, prosperous, suddenly
博bó
extensive, ample, rich, obtain
卜bó
used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
薄bó
meager, slight, weak, ungenerous or unkind
柏bó
(used for transcribing names)

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