柏

bó
#1,594 most
frequent character
(used for transcribing names)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

柏 pairs 木, a tree, with 白 bái as the sound part. It names a type of tree, the cypress or cedar. Read bǎi for that tree. Read bò, it can mean tree or tree bark.

Drawn as: a tree

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Same Characters, Different Readings

柏Bai3
surname Bai, Taiwan pr. [Bo2]
柏bǎi
cedar, cypress, Taiwan pr. [bo2]
柏bò
used in 黃柏|黄柏[huang2bo4]
柏bǎi
variant of 柏[bai3]

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

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