播

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

𡃓, 𭳐

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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).

Etymology 1

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

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bwar (“to throw away; to cast; to sow; to toss”); cognate with Tibetan འབོར ('bor, “to throw”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007, 2024; Sagart, 2018).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): bō, bò

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ, ㄅㄛˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bo⁴

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бә (bə, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bo³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): bo¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): po / pô

(Meixian, Guangdong): bo⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): be¹
Eastern Min (BUC): bó̤ / buó
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): pò͘ / pò

(Teochew, Peng'im): bua³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pu

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): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
- (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): /pu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (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–Hong Kong)
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po / pô
  - Hakka Romanization System: bo / bo^ˊ
  - 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/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: bó̤ / buó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔ²¹³/, /puɔ²¹³/

Note:

bó̤ - literary;
buó - vernacular.

Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pu
  - MiniDict: pu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pu⁵³/

Middle Chinese: paH

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
Baxter	paH
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/
Bernhard 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

Synonyms

(to sow):

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下子 (xiàzǐ)
下種／下种
撒種／撒种 (sǎzhǒng)
播種／播种

(to spread):

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傳布／传布 (chuánbù)
傳揚／传扬 (chuányáng)
傳播／传播 (chuánbō)
傳誦／传诵 (chuánsòng) (of a poem or essay)
分佈／分布 (fēnbù)
揚／扬 (yáng)
播散 (bōsàn)
散布 (sànbù)
散播 (sànbō)
流傳／流传 (liúchuán)
流布 (liúbù) (literary)
流播 (liúbō) (formal)
發脈／发脉 (fa⁶ me⁶) (Xiang)

(to move about):

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徙動／徙动 (xǐdòng)
搬 (bān)
搬家 (bānjiā) (figurative)
搬移 (bānyí)
搬遷／搬迁 (bānqiān)
遷／迁 (qiān)
遷徙／迁徙 (qiānxǐ)
遷移／迁移 (qiānyí)

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.		播
simp. ^#		播

Pronunciation

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): /pu̯ɔ²¹⁴/

Definitions

播

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

Japanese

Kanji

播

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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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