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钵
缽
bō
1. small earthenware plate or basin
2. a monk's alms bowl
3. Sanskrit paatra
Uncommon • Top 30%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

钵
bō
earthen basin; alms bowl
10 丶

Compound Words (9)

盆钵
pénbō
generic term for pottery
研钵
yánbō
mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle)
钵盂
bōyú
alms bowl
钵头
bōtóu
earthen bowl (Shanghainese)
衣钵
yībō
the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism)
金钵
jīnbō
(gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)
墨尔钵
Mòěrbō
see [[墨爾本|墨尔本<Mòěrběn>]]
托钵修会
tuōbōxiūhuì
mendicant religious order in Catholicism
继承衣钵
jìchéngyībō
to take up sb's mantle

Alternate Entries

钵
bō
variant of [[缽|钵<bō>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,583
Word Frequency Rank
25,018 of 84,292

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