Read Edit View history Discussion 播 bō HSK3 sow, scatter, broadcast Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 番 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas bō × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 扌 is a component form of 手. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 播 Simp strokes 播 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 播 Simp strokes 播 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 播 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 108, 526 ], [ 128, 522 ], [ 183, 527 ], [ 329, 566 ], [ 374, 567 ] ], [ [ 245, 806 ], [ 262, 798 ], [ 293, 766 ], [ 280, 473 ], [ 280, 117 ], [ 274, 85 ], [ 258, 55 ], [ 154, 99 ], [ 152, 106 ], [ 141, 106 ] ], [ [ 52, 242 ], [ 99, 240 ], [ 371, 453 ] ], [ [ 746, 759 ], [ 683, 771 ], [ 612, 729 ], [ 481, 682 ] ], [ [ 452, 636 ], [ 501, 594 ], [ 514, 574 ] ], [ [ 796, 679 ], [ 767, 687 ], [ 692, 613 ] ], [ [ 395, 492 ], [ 432, 487 ], [ 762, 554 ], [ 809, 556 ], [ 851, 547 ] ], [ [ 577, 696 ], [ 618, 665 ], [ 610, 432 ], [ 616, 328 ] ], [ [ 586, 499 ], [ 564, 477 ], 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