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Broad Knowledge, Expo
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingハク、バク
JōyōGrade 4Level 28
  1. doctor
  2. phD
  3. exposition
  4. fair
  5. exhibition

Homonyms

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

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ten (十) · needle (丨) · acupuncturist · specialty · drop (丶) · ten (十) · needle (丨) · rice field (田) · brains · glue

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 48

Compound words

博愛はくあい
charity; benevolence; philanthropy; (love for) humanity; fraternity
博学はくがく
erudition; extensive learning
博士はかせ
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; Dr.
博物はくぶつ
natural history; wide learning; broad area of learning
博多はかた
Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka)
博物館はくぶつかん
museum
博覧会はくらんかい
exhibition; exposition; expo; fair
国立博物館こくりつはくぶつかん
national museum
と博とばく
gambling
医博いはく
doctor of medicine
該博がいはく
profundity
賭博とばく
gambling
博奕ばくち
gambling
大博奕おおばくち
risky speculation
博愛家はくあいか
philanthropist
博多弁はかたべん
Hakata dialect
博奕宿ばくちやど
gambling den
博奕打ばくちうち
professional gambler
商学博士しょうがくはくし
Doctor of Commercial Science
天文博士てんもんはかせ
(ritsuryō system) teacher responsible for training in astronomy, astrology, calendar-making, etc.
博愛主義はくあいしゅぎ
philanthropism
博引傍証はくいんぼうしょう
citing copious references
博引旁証はくいんぼうしょう
citing copious references
博多人形はかたにんぎょう
Hakata doll

Additional Examples

彼は博物館へ行く道を私に聞いた。
He asked me the way to the museum.tatoeba
彼は博士論文を月末までに教授に提出しなければならない。
His doctoral thesis must be submitted to the professor by the end of the month.tatoeba
彼は心理学博士の学位を持っている。
He has a doctor's degree in psychology.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Broad, learned; exposition. 十 (many) + 尃 (spread) — wide learning. 博物館 — museum.Also known as “Exhibition”

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