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Chinese symbol for “moor”

泊
bó
to moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); (literary) calm; quiet; peaceful

The closest CC-CEDICT match for moor is 泊 (bó), defined as: to moor (a boat); to park (a vehicle); (literary) calm; quiet; peaceful.

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Characters and stroke order

泊 bó
to anchor; to moor
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “moor”

WordPinyinMeaning
系泊 (繫泊)jì bóto moor
湾 (灣)wānbay; gulf
停放tíng fàngto park (a car etc); to moor (a boat etc)
缆 (纜)lǎncable; hawser
碇泊dìng bóto moor; to drop anchor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 泊.

WordPinyinMeaning
湖泊hú pōlake
停泊tíng bóto anchor; anchorage
漂泊piāo bó(of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence
泊位bó wèiberth (for a ship); parking space (for a vehicle)
血泊xuè pōpool of blood
泊车 (泊車)bó chēto park a vehicle

See also: Japanese symbol for “moor”.

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.