薄
Bo2
#1,431 most
frequent character
surname Bo
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
薄 joins 艹 plants with 溥 pǔ as the sound part. It first meant a place where plants grow thickly. The 'thin' sense was borrowed only for its sound, then grew to 'weak, frail'. Read bò, 'pepperment' was also a sound loan.
薄 as a component in other characters
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