薄 — Chinese character
薄
báo
thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
- Pinyin
- báo
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 艹 溥
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 溥
- Japanese
- 薄 as a kanji
Common words with 薄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薄弱 | bó ruò | weak; frail |
| 薄膜 | bó mó | membrane; film |
| 薄荷 | bò he | mint (plant); Taiwan pr. [bo4he2] |
| 微薄 | wēi bó | scanty; meager |
| 浅薄 (淺薄) | qiǎn bó | superficial |
| 刻薄 | kè bó | unkind; harsh |
| 轻薄 (輕薄) | qīng bó | light (weight); frivolous |
| 稀薄 | xī bó | thin; rarefied |
| 单薄 (單薄) | dān bó | weak; frail |
| 淡薄 | dàn bó | thin; light |
| 薄饼 (薄餅) | báo bǐng | thin flat cake; pancake |
| 薄片 | báo piàn | thin slice; thin section |
English words written with 薄
薄 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Analects 2 · Mencius 8 · Zhuangzi 8 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 2
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 38
- Analects 8.3
- Analects 15.14
- Mencius 1A.5
- Mencius 3A.5
- Mencius 4B.24
- Mencius 5B.1
- Mencius 7A.23
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