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伯

chief
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingハク
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. chiefRtK
    実力が伯仲したチーム同士の対戦なので面白い試合になりそうだ。Both teams are well matched. The game will be an interesting one.tatoeba
  2. count
  3. earl
  4. uncle
    伯父さんは言った。「３足す４は幾つ？」Uncle asked, "What is three plus four?"tatoeba
    大学を卒業したら何になるつもりかと私は伯父に聞かれた。I was asked by my uncle what I intended to be when I graduated from college.tatoeba
  5. brazil
  1. chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)

Synonyms

伯剌西爾神祇官

Homonyms

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Same reading (はく)
博 · doctor掃く · to sweep履く · to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt…吐く · to vomit

Popular Usage

伯父さん伯母さん

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · white (白) · dove

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1041

Compound words

画伯がはく
master painter; great artist; painter; artist
伯爵はくしゃく
count; earl
伯仲はくちゅう
being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; being well contested; eldest and second eldest brother
医伯いはく
doctor
侯伯こうはく
nobles
伯兄はっけい
the eldest son
伯叔はくしゅく
brothers
伯林ベルリン
Berlin (Germany)
伯耆ほうき
Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
希伯来ヘブライ
Hebrew
西伯利シベリア
Siberia
実力伯仲じつりょくはくちゅう
(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability
西伯利亜シベリア
Siberia
伯剌西爾ブラジル
Brazil

Additional Examples

伯父さんから素敵な時計をもらったの。
I was given a nice watch by my uncle.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 伯

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step