菠 — Chinese character
菠
bō
spinach
- Pinyin
- bō
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 艹 波
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 波
- Japanese
- 菠 as a kanji
Common words with 菠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菠萝 (菠蘿) | bō luó | pineapple |
| 菠菜 | bō cài | spinach (CL:棵 (kē)); (slang) gambling; gambler (alternative term for 博彩 (bó cǎi)) |
| 菠萝蜜 (菠蘿蜜) | bō luó mì | jackfruit |
| 菠萝油 (菠蘿油) | bō luó yóu | pineapple bun 菠萝包 (bō luó bāo) with a slice of butter inserted |
| 菠萝包 (菠蘿包) | bō luó bāo | pineapple bun, a sweet bun popular esp. in Hong Kong (typically does not contain pineapple – the name comes from the rough top crust which resembles pineapple s |
| 木菠萝 (木菠蘿) | mù bō luó | jackfruit; breadfruit |
| 大树菠萝 (大樹菠蘿) | dà shù bō luó | jackfruit |
| 树菠萝 (樹菠蘿) | shù bō luó | jackfruit |
| 菠烷 | bō wán | bornane; camphane C10H18 |
| 菠萝啤 (菠蘿啤) | bō luó pí | pineapple-flavored soda |
English words written with 菠
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.