渤

Information about character(s)

Radical: 水
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bó
Cantonese: but6
JapaneseOn: BOTSU HOTSU
Korean: PAL
Vietnamese: bọt

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: swelling; the Gulf of Hopei (Hebei)

CE-Dict: same as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong/Gulf of Zhili or Chihli

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.swelling; rising

康熙字典文字版 【巳集上】【水字部】渤
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤蒲沒切，音孛。渤澥海別支名。【司馬相如·子虛賦】浮渤澥。亦作勃。【史記·高祖本紀】北有勃海之利。【索隱】勃，旁跌也。旁跌出者，橫在濟北，故齊都賦云：海旁出爲勃，名曰勃海郡。　又滃渤，霧出貌。【郭璞·江賦】氣滃渤以霧杳。　又漰渤，水聲。【郭璞·江賦】鼓㕉窟以漰渤。　【集韻】或从勃作渤。通作浡。

CF-Dict: bras de mer