播 — Chinese character
播
bō
to sow seeds, to scatter; to broadcast, to spread
- Pinyin
- bō
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 扌 番
- Formation
- ideographic — To sow seeds 番 by hand 扌; 番 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 播 as a kanji
Common words with 播
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 传播 (傳播) | chuán bō | to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 直播 | zhí bō | (TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast |
| 广播 (廣播) | guǎng bō | broadcast; 个 (gè) |
| 播放 | bō fàng | to broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV) |
| 播出 | bō chū | to broadcast; to air (a TV program etc) |
| 主播 | zhǔ bō | (news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer |
| 转播 (轉播) | zhuǎn bō | relay; broadcast (on radio or TV) |
| 现场直播 (現場直播) | xiàn chǎng zhí bō | on-the-spot live broadcast |
| 广播电台 (廣播電台) | guǎng bō diàn tái | radio station |
| 广播电台 (廣播電臺) | guǎng bō diàn tái | radio station; broadcasting station |
| 播报 (播報) | bō bào | to announce; to read (the news) |
| 播种 (播種) | bō zhǒng | to sow seeds |
English words written with 播
播 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.