驳

駁

bó

#2,019 most

frequent character

variegated, heterogeneous, to refute

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

驳 uses 马 horse as its picture part and 爻 yáo as a sound part, though the sound link is unclear in Mandarin. It first meant a horse of mixed colors. That grew to mixed or varied, then to contradict. The sense 'barge' was borrowed for its sound.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

variant of 駁|驳[bo2]

Homophones

father's elder brother, senior

flourishing, prosperous, suddenly

extensive, ample, rich, obtain

used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]

meager, slight, weak, ungenerous or unkind

(used for transcribing names)

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