薄

bó
#1,431 most
frequent character
meager, slight, weak, ungenerous or unkind

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

sound1 character
礴

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