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Keyword
silk
  • fabric
  • wealth
  • property
Frequency
#3991
Strokes
8
Readings
bó
Mnemonic
巾 (cloth) gives the meaning and 白 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
帛bó
silk
布帛bùbó
cloth and silk; cotton and silk textiles
财帛cáibó
wealth; money
帛画bóhuà
painting on silk
化干戈为玉帛huàgāngēwéiyùbó
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom); fig. to turn hostility into friendship
竹帛zhúbó
bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper)
帛金bójīn
(HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral