Chinese symbol for “erudite”
渊博
yuān bó
Traditional: 淵博
erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for erudite is 渊博 (yuān bó), defined as: erudite; profound; learned; extremely knowledgeable.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “erudite”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 博学 (博學) | bó xué | learned; erudite |
| 博闻强识 (博聞強識) | bó wén qiáng zhì | erudite; widely read and knowledgeable |
| 该博 (該博) | gāi bó | erudite; broad and profound |
| 好学 (好學) | hào xué | eager to study; studious |
| 学海 (學海) | xué hǎi | sea of learning; erudite |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 渊博.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 深渊 (深淵) | shēn yuān | abyss |
| 渊源 (淵源) | yuān yuán | origin; source |
| 渊薮 (淵藪) | yuān sǒu | (lit.) gathering place of fish or other creatures; (fig.) haunt; lair; nest; den; hotbed |
| 天渊 (天淵) | tiān yuān | distance between two poles; poles apart |
| 天渊之别 (天淵之別) | tiān yuān zhī bié | see 天壤之别 (tiān rǎng zhī bié) |
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade |
| 博物馆 (博物館) | bó wù guǎn | museum |
| 博客 | bó kè | (loanword) a blog; a blogger |
See also: Japanese symbol for “erudite”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.