播 bō
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 番 to take turns, to repeat
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
播放
bōfàng
to play; to broadcast
Characters in this word
放 fàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 方 square, rectangle 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 请播放音乐。 Qǐng bōfàng yīnyuè. Please play some music.
- 手机播放视频。 Shǒujī bōfàng shìpín. The phone plays a video.
- 电视播放新闻。 Diànshì bōfàng xīnwén. The television plays the news.
Related words
- 播出 bōchū to broadcast; to air
- 传播 chuánbō to spread; to transmit
- 广播 guǎngbō radio broadcast
- 直播 zhíbō live broadcast
- 放 fàng to put, to place
- 放假 fàngjià to have a holiday
- 放学 fàngxué to finish classes (for the day)
- 放下 fàngxia to put down
- 放心 fàngxīn to feel at ease; to not worry
- 放到 fàngdào to put in; to put onto
- 开放 kāifàng to open; to bloom
- 放松 fàngsōng to relax