Keyword
thin
- slight
- meager
- weak
- poor
- stingy
- Frequency
- #1582
- Strokes
- 16
Readings
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Mnemonic
艹 (grass) gives the meaning and 溥 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
薄
thin; cold in manner; indifferent; weak; light; infertile
薄弱
weak; frail
薄膜
membrane; film
薄荷
mint (plant); Taiwan pr. bo4hé
微薄
scanty; meager
浅薄
superficial
刻薄
unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; acrimony; to embezzle by making illegal deductions
轻薄
light (weight); frivolous; a philanderer; to scorn; disrespectful
薄熙来
Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
稀薄
thin; rarefied
薄
meager; slight; weak; ungenerous or unkind; frivolous; to despise; to belittle; to look down on; to approach or near
单薄
weak; frail; thin; flimsy
淡薄
thin; light; flagging; faint
薄饼
thin flat cake; pancake; pizza
薄片
thin slice; thin section; flake; Taiwan pr. bópiàn
薄板
thin plate; sheet; lamina; Taiwan pr. bóbǎn
如履薄冰
(lit.) as if walking on thin ice (idiom); (fig.) extremely cautious
薄层
thin layer; thin slice; film; lamina; lamella
薄一波
Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping
薄雾
mist; haze
薄情
inconstant in love; fickle
厚薄
thickness; also pr. hòubó
薄纱
gauze (cloth)
薄利多销
small profit but rapid turnover