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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- bao2
- English meanings
- lacking in warmth, infertile, light, cold, weak, thin, despise, flimsy
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Top–bottom structure
Top–bottom arrangement: top 艹; bottom 溥.
Meaning & sound clues
艹 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “grass”.
溥 is identified as the sound component (pǔ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 薄.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
keep
wrap
fort; castle
treasure
bulletin
adopt
violent; sudden
pot
to explode or burst
cell; compatriot
praise; commend
leopard
satisfied
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 单薄
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