帛

bó

silk

Radical: 巾 Strokes: 8

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Level 2 character

Same radical

市布师带常帝席帐帖幕巾希

Same radical

市布师带常帝席帐帖幕巾希帽币帮

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Character Decomposition

帛=白+巾

Etymology

cloth

Meanings

silk

bó

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Words with 帛 80 total

cloth and silk · cotton and silk textiles布帛bù bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper)竹帛zhú bó

Idioms with 帛 11 total Chain

(lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain (idiom) · (fig.) food and clothing; daily necessities布帛菽粟bù bó shū sù lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) · fig. to turn hostility into friendship化干戈为玉帛huà gān gē wéi yù bó

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