播

播	U+64AD, 播 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AD

← 撬
[U+64AC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

撮 →
[U+64AE]

Translingual

Han character

播 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手竹木田 (QHDW), four-corner 5206₉, composition ⿰扌番)

References

KangXi: page 456, character 15
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12747
Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1960, character 12
Unihan data for U+64AD

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (番) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
皤	paːl, baːl
嶓	*paːl
番	paːl, paːls, pʰaːn, pʰan, *ban
播	*paːls
譒	*paːls
鄱	*baːl
潘	*pʰaːn
蟠	baːn, ban
磻	*baːn
蕃	pan, ban
轓	pan, pʰan
鱕	*pan
鐇	pan, ban
藩	pan, ban
籓	*pan
橎	*panʔ
翻	*pʰan
幡	*pʰan
飜	*pʰan
旛	pʰan, ban
繙	pʰan, ban
燔	*ban
蹯	*ban
膰	*ban
羳	*ban
鷭	*ban
璠	*ban
襎	*ban
墦	*ban

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *paːls) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 番 (OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		播
simp. ^#		播
2nd round simp.		抪

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bō, bò
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ, ㄅㄛˋ
(Chengdu, SP): bo⁴
(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бә (bə, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): bo³
(Taishan, Wiktionary): bo¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): po / pô
(Meixian, Guangdong): bo⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): be¹
Min Dong (BUC): bó̤ / buó
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): pò͘ / pò
(Teochew, Peng'im): bua³
Wu (Wiktionary): pu (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bō
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bo
  - Wade–Giles: po¹
  - Yale: bwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bò
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bò
  - Wade–Giles: po⁴
  - Yale: bwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boh
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: bo⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /po²¹³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бә (bə, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pə²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bo³
  - Yale: bo
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bo³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔː³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: bo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pᵘɔ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po / pô
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo / bo´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bo⁴ / bo¹
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵/, /po²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: bo⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /po⁵³/

Note: po - used in 廣播.

Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: be¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɤ¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bó̤ / buó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ²¹³/, /puɔ²¹³/

Note:

bó̤ - literary;
buó - vernacular.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò͘
  - Tâi-lô: pòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pox
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /pɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pò
  - Tâi-lô: pò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: poix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /po¹¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: bua³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: puà
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pua²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: pu (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pv̩ʷ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /puɑ^H/

Rime
Character	播
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	補過切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/puɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/puɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwa^H/
Li Rong	/puɑ^H/
Wang Li	/puɑ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/puɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bo³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤar-s/
(Zhengzhang): /*paːls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	播
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bò
Middle Chinese	‹ pa^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁar-s/
English	to sow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	播
Reading #	1/1
No.	2872
Phonetic component	番
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	播
Old Chinese	/*paːls/

Definitions

播

to sow; to seed
to broadcast; to spread
(literary) to move about; to remove; to migrate; to go into exile
^† to scatter

Pronunciation 2

trad.		播
simp. ^#		播

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǒ (bo³)
(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǒ
  - Wade–Giles: po³
  - Yale: bwǒ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boo
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pwɔ²¹⁴/

Definitions

播

^† Alternative form of 簸 (bǒ, “toss up and down”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 播

主播 (zhǔbō)
受播者
展播
插播 (chābō)
撒播 (sǎbō)
播出 (bōchū)
播名天下
播州
播幅
播弄
播放 (bōfàng)
播散 (bōsàn)
播敷
播映 (bōyìng)
播棋 (“mancala”)
播流
播越 (bōyuè)
播送 (bōsòng)
播郎鼓
播音 (bōyīn)
收播
散播 (sànbō)
春播 (chūnbō)
流播 (liúbō)
直播 (zhíbō)
秋播 (qiūbō)
逋播
重播 (chóngbō)
首播 (shǒubō)
播糠眯目
一級傳播／一级传播
乘輿播越／乘舆播越
乘輿播遷／乘舆播迁
二手傳播／二手传播
人際傳播／人际传播

傳播／传播 (chuánbō)
傳播功能／传播功能 (chuánbō gōngnéng)
傳播媒體／传播媒体
傳播學／传播学 (chuánbōxué)
傳播界／传播界
傳播者／传播者
傳播衛星／传播卫星
公眾傳播／公众传播
口語傳播／口语传播
圖文傳播／图文传播
大眾傳播／大众传播 (dàzhòng chuánbō)
太空傳播／太空传播
實況轉播／实况转播
導播／导播 (dǎobō)
小廣播／小广播
廣播／广播 (guǎngbō)
廣播劇／广播剧 (guǎngbōjù)
廣播段／广播段
廣播界／广播界
廣播節／广播节
廣播節目／广播节目
廣播系統／广播系统
廣播網／广播网
廣播電臺／广播电台 (guǎngbō diàntái)
掀風播浪／掀风播浪
掂斤播兩／掂斤播两
搬斤播兩／搬斤播两
撒播機／撒播机
播亂／播乱 (bōluàn)
播出頻道／播出频道
播土揚塵／播土扬尘
播報／播报 (bōbào)
播報員／播报员 (bōbàoyuán)
播惡遺臭／播恶遗臭
播揚／播扬

播棄／播弃
播發／播发 (bōfā)
播種／播种 (bōzhǒng)
播種機／播种机
播蕩／播荡
播越失據／播越失据
播遷／播迁 (bōqiān)
播音員／播音员 (bōyīnyuán)
文字傳播／文字传播
有線廣播／有线广播
條播／条播
直接廣播／直接广播
直播衛星／直播卫星
直播電視／直播电视
短波廣播／短波广播
立體廣播／立体广播
耬播／耧播
聯播／联播 (liánbō)
聲名遠播／声名远播
衛星轉播／卫星转播
視聽傳播／视听传播
試播／试播 (shìbō)
調幅廣播／调幅广播
調頻廣播／调频广播
轉播／转播 (zhuǎnbō)
轉播站／转播站
遠播／远播
選播／选播
配置廣播／配置广播
醜聲遠播／丑声远播
開播／开播 (kāibō)
顛播／颠播
飛播／飞播
點播／点播 (diǎnbō)

Japanese

Kanji

播

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

scatter, spread, disseminate

Readings

Go-on: は (ha)
Kan-on: は (ha)
Kan’yō-on: はん (han); ばん (ban)
Kun: まく (maku, 播く)
Nanori: はり (hari)

Korean

Hanja

播 (eumhun 뿌릴 파 (ppuril pa))

to spray, spread, scatter, sow

Synonyms

散 (산, san)
撒 (살, sal)

Derived terms

播種 (파종, pajong) seeding, sowing
傳播 (전파, jeonpa) diffusion, propagation, transfer

Vietnamese

Han character

播: Hán Nôm readings: vá, bá, bạ, phăng, vả, vớ, bợ

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