Chinese symbol for “sow”
播
bō
(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc); Taiwan pr. [bo4]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sow is 播 (bō), defined as: (bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc); Taiwan pr. [bo4].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 播撒 | bō sǎ | to sow (seeds); to scatter |
| 撒播 | sǎ bō | to sow (seeds by scattering); scatter sowing |
| 耩 | jiǎng | to plow; to sow |
| 豝 | bā | corned beef; female pig |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sow”.
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.