薄

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 16

Pronunciation

Pinyin: bó, bù, bò
Cantonese: bok6
JapaneseKun: USUI SEMARU SUSUKI
JapaneseOn: HAKU
Korean: PAK

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy

CE-Dict: see 薄荷[bo4 he5]

Soothill: Thin, poor, shabby: to slight, despise; to reach to; the herb mint.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.thin; flimsy; slight
2.weak; light
3.lacking in warmth; cold
4.infertile; poor; barren
5.a patch of grass
6.to cover; to hide or conceal
7.to close in; to press near
bo
ㄅㄛ@
1.meager; thin
2.not generous
3.to approach or go near

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: flimsy; slight; tenuity; thin
【醫】 lepto-; tenuity; thinness

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: thin; flimsy; weak; cold

湘雅醫學專業詞典: thinness

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》薄林薄也。一曰蠶薄。从艸溥聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】薄
【唐韻】傍各切，音泊。林薄也。【楚辭註】林草不交錯曰薄。【揚雄·甘泉賦】列新雉于林薄。【註】草叢生曰薄。　又簾也。【禮·曲禮】帷薄之外不趨。【史記·周勃世家】勃以織薄曲爲生。【索隱曰】織蠶薄也。　又厚薄。　又少也。【詩·周南】薄澣我衣。　又聊也。【詩·周南】薄言采之。　又輕也。【前漢·董仲舒傳】愍世俗之靡薄。　又嫌也。【前漢·張安世傳】薄朕忘故。　又【揚子·方言】勉也。秦晉曰釗，或曰薄。故其鄙語曰薄努，猶勉努也。　又【博雅】薉也。　又集也。【司馬相如·上林賦】奄薄水渚。　又【史記·蘇秦傳】心搖搖如懸旌，而無所終薄。　又被也。【書·益稷】外薄四海。　又水名。【山海經】蟲尾之山，薄水出焉。　又姓。【史記·外戚世家】薄太后父，吳人，姓薄氏。　又亭名。【後漢·郡國志】滎陽有薄亭。　又草名。薄荷，見荷字註。　又通亳。【禮·郊特牲】薄社北牖。【註】殷社。【荀子·議兵篇】湯以薄，武以鎬。　又迫各切，音博。廹也。【易·說卦傳】雷風相薄。【左傳·僖二十四年】薄而觀之。　又迫晚曰薄暮。　又侵也。【荀子·天論篇】寒暑未薄而疾。　又匹各切，音粕。【詩·齊風】載驅薄薄。【傳】疾驅聲也。　又薄革切，同欂。壁柱也。【爾雅·釋宮】屋上薄謂之筄。　又【唐韻古音】讀蒲。《書》序：成王旣踐奄，將遷其君於蒲姑。《左傳》《史記》作薄姑。
考證：〔【荀子·天倫篇】寒暑未薄而疾。〕　謹照原書改天論篇。

Buddhism words and phrases light, insipid

Japanese Places Susuki (loc)

CF-Dict: fin/mince/insipide/peu accueillant

Han-De-Dict: dünn (u.E.)