Memory phrase for the character: 博


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Meaning

doctorate, gain, gamble, extensive, wide

Pronunciation

HAKU, BAKU

Explanation

Left: ten 十, right: var. of wholly, exclusively 専 (The soil 一 is penetrated by a (single) sprout 丨 in the rice field 田, cared for by a skillful hand 寸, which is exclusive.)

Mnemonic


 
(Gratitude of the patients:) Tenfold is the whole gain of a doctor.

Radicals

ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
exclusivelyspecialty, wholly, solely
reason, causeFirst, the root shoot 丨 bursts its shell 田 (cf. armor, shield 甲). And this gives the sprout丨 on the field 田 its reason 由.
skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".
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 Vocabulary

博士 はかせ  doctorate, PhD
博物館 はくぶつかん  museum
博打 ばくち  gambling, speculation

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