播

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 15

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bō, bǒ
Cantonese: bo3
JapaneseKun: MAKU
JapaneseOn: HA
Korean: PHA
Vietnamese: vá

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sow, spread; broadcast; case away, reject

CE-Dict: to sow/to scatter/to spread/to broadcast/Taiwan pr. [bo4]

Soothill: To sow, publish: reject; to winnow; to stir up, cheat; translit. pa (प), pā (पा).

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to sow
2.to broadcast

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: broadcast; seed; sow

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: broadcast; seed; sow

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》播穜也。一曰布也。从手番聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】播
〔古文〕𢿥𨤏【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤補過切，波去聲。【說文】種也。一曰布也。【廣韻】揚也。【詩·豳風】其始播百穀。【書·盤庚】王播告之修，不匿厥指。　又放也，棄也。【書·泰誓】播棄犂老。又【多方】屑播天命。　又散也。【書·禹貢】又北播爲九河。【禮·禮運】播五行于四時。【疏】播散五行之氣於四時也。【釋文】舒也。　又【增韻】逋也，遷也。【書·大誥】予惟以爾庶邦，于伐殷逋播臣。　又州名。西南徼外夜郞且蘭地，唐置播州。【韓愈·柳子厚墓誌】劉禹錫當詣播州，子厚願以柳易播。　又明萬歷中，平播置遵義平越二府。　又姓。播武，殷賢人。或云播軌。　又【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤補火切，音跛。義同。【書舜典】，播時百穀。《釋文》播，波左反。　又搖也。與簸通。【莊子·人閒世】鼓筴播精，足以食十人。【註】𥳑米曰精。播，搖動也。　又【集韻】逋禾切。音波。澤名。在豫州。【史記·禹本紀】滎播旣都。【註】古文尚書作滎波。　又【郭璞·木禾贊】爰有嘉穀，號曰木禾。匪植匪蓺，自然靈播。　又【說文】通作譒。引書，王譒告之。今書作播。
考證：〔【書·泰誓】播棄黎老。〕　謹照原文黎老改爲犂老。〔【說文】書舜典，播時百穀。註：播，音波左切。〕　謹按說文播字註無引播時百穀之文，波左切亦非註文。謹據釋文改爲書舜典播時百穀。釋文播，波左反。

CF-Dict: semer/diffuser/répandre/radiodiffuser (émettre)

Han-De-Dict: übertragen (Radio, TV) (u.E.) (V)/säen (u.E.) (V)/senden (Radio, TV) (u.E.) (V)