播
播
“to sow seeds”
Radical: 扌
Strokes: 15
Level: HSK 4
How 播 is built — side by side
扌
Hand radical (扌) · tí shǒu páng
Hand actions all lean on 扌: 打 hit, 找 look for, 把 hold.
番
component
Origin
To sow seeds 番 by hand 扌; 番 also provides the pronunciation
Words with 播
广播 guǎng bō — broadcast
传播 chuán bō — to disseminate
播放 bō fàng — to broadcast
播种 bō zhòng — to sow seeds
直播 zhí bō — live broadcast (not recorded)
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