薄 báo
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 溥 big, great, vast
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
薄
báo
thin; watery
Character
Example phrases
- 纸很薄。 Zhǐ hěn báo. The paper is thin.
- 这书很薄。 Zhè shū hěn báo. This book is thin.
- 汤有点薄。 Tāng yǒudiǎn báo. The soup is a little watery.