伯
伯 — baek, pae
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 맏 백, 우두머리 패
- Romanization
- baek, pae
- English
- older brother; father's elder brother; senior male 'sire'; feudal rank 'count'
- Mandarin
- bó
- Japanese on'yomi
- ハク, バク, ハ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- おさ かみ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,741 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 人 (9, 5 residual)
- Phonetic component
- 白
- Unicode
- U+4F2F
Parts that make up 伯
How 伯 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 伯 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 白.
Korean example words with 伯
- 시백詩伯 Korean gloss: 시로써 이름이 높은 대가
- 숙백叔伯 Korean gloss: 아우와 형을 아울러 이르는 말
- 강백講伯 Korean gloss: ‘강사’의 높임말.
- 수백水伯 Korean gloss: 물속에 있다는 귀신.
- 풍백風伯 Korean gloss: 바람을 주관하는 신.
- 신백新伯 Korean gloss: 새로 임명된 감사(監司).
- 오백伍伯 Korean gloss: 죄인의 처형을 가하는 사람.
- 완백完伯 Korean gloss: 조선 시대 전라도의 관찰사.
- 의백醫伯 Korean gloss: ‘의사’를 높여 이르는 말.
- 장백匠伯 Korean gloss: 기술 좋은 목수의 우두머리.
- 종백從伯 Korean gloss: 사촌 맏형을 남에게 이르는 말.
- 토백土伯 Korean gloss: 흙의 신. 또는 흙 속의 괴물.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 伯
- 伯爵はくしゃく count; earl
- 画伯がはく master painter; great artist; painter
- 伯仲はくちゅう being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with
- 伯はく count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)
- 伯楽ばくろう cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
- 医伯いはく doctor
- 侯伯こうはく nobles; feudal lords
- 伯兄はっけい the eldest son
- 伯叔はくしゅく brothers; one's father's brothers
- 伯林ベルリン Berlin (Germany)
- 日伯にっぱく Japan and Brazil
- 宗伯そうはく Minister of Rites (Zhou dynasty China)
Characters sharing the phonetic 白
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “백”
Other hanja with radical 人
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences