# 播

| 播 | U+64AD, &#25773; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-64AD |
| ← 撬 [U+64AC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 撮 → [U+64AE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

播 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手竹木田 (QHDW), four-corner 5206$_9$, composition ⿰扌番)

#### Derived characters

* 𡃓, 𭳐

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 456, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12747
* Dae Jaweon: page 805, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1960, character 12
* Unihan data for U+64AD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 皤 | *paːl, *baːl |
| 嶓 | *paːl |
| 番 | *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban |
| 播 | *paːls |
| 譒 | *paːls |
| 鄱 | *baːl |
| 潘 | *pʰaːn |
| 蟠 | *baːn, *ban |
| 磻 | *baːn |
| 蕃 | *pan, *ban |
| 轓 | *pan, *pʰan |
| 鱕 | *pan |
| 鐇 | *pan, *ban |
| 藩 | *pan, *ban |
| 籓 | *pan |
| 橎 | *panʔ |
| 翻 | *pʰan |
| 幡 | *pʰan |
| 飜 | *pʰan |
| 旛 | *pʰan, *ban |
| 繙 | *pʰan, *ban |
| 燔 | *ban |
| 蹯 | *ban |
| 膰 | *ban |
| 羳 | *ban |
| 鷭 | *ban |
| 璠 | *ban |
| 襎 | *ban |
| 墦 | *ban |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paːls): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 番 (OC *paːl, *paːls, *pʰaːn, *pʰan, *ban).

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bwar (“to throw away; to cast; to sow; to toss”); cognate with Tibetan འབོར ('bor, “to throw”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007, 2024; Sagart, 2018).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): bō, bò
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ, ㄅㄛˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bo$^4$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бә (bə, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bo$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): bo$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): po / pô
    (Meixian, Guangdong): bo$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): be$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): bó̤ / buó
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bor$^4$ / bor$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pò͘ / pò
    (Teochew, Peng'im): bua$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$pu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bō
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bo
*** Wade–Giles: po$^1$
*** Yale: bwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bò
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bò
*** Wade–Giles: po$^4$
*** Yale: bwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boh
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bo$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bo
*** Sinological IPA : /po²¹³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: бә (bə, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /pə²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: bo$^3$
*** Yale: bo
*** Cantonese Pinyin: bo$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: bo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔː³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: bo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pᵘɔ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: po / pô
*** Hakka Romanization System: bo / bo$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: bo$^4$ / bo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /po⁵⁵/, /po²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: bo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /po⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: be$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /pɤ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: bó̤ / buó
*** Sinological IPA : /pɔ²¹³/, /puɔ²¹³/
* bó̤ - literary;
* buó - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: paH
Rime :
| Character | 播 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 補過切 |
| Baxter | paH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pwa$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /puɑ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bo$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤar-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paːls/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 播 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bò |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pa$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*pˁar-s/ |
| English | to sow |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 播 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2872 |
| Phonetic component | 番 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 播 |
| Old Chinese | /*paːls/ |

#### Definitions

播
* to sow; to seed
* to broadcast; to spread
* (literary) to move about; to remove; to migrate; to go into exile
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to scatter

##### Synonyms

* (to sow):
* 下子 (xiàzǐ)
* 下種 / 下种
* 撒種 / 撒种 (sǎzhǒng)
* 播種 / 播种
* (to spread):
* 傳布 / 传布 (chuánbù)
* 傳揚 / 传扬 (chuányáng)
* 傳播 / 传播 (chuánbō)
* 傳誦 / 传诵 (chuánsòng) (of a poem or essay)
* 分佈 / 分布 (fēnbù)
* 揚 / 扬 (yáng)
* 播散 (bōsàn)
* 散布 (sànbù)
* 散播 (sànbō)
* 流傳 / 流传 (liúchuán)
* 流布 (liúbù) (literary)
* 流播 (liúbō) (formal)
* 發脈 / 发脉 (fa$^6$ me$^6$) (Xiang)
* (to move about):
* 徙動 / 徙动 (xǐdòng)
* 搬 (bān)
* 搬家 (bānjiā) (figurative)
* 搬移 (bānyí)
* 搬遷 / 搬迁 (bānqiān)
* 遷 / 迁 (qiān)
* 遷徙 / 迁徙 (qiānxǐ)
* 遷移 / 迁移 (qiānyí)

#### Compounds

* 一級傳播 / 一级传播
* 主播 (zhǔbō)
* 乘輿播越 / 乘舆播越
* 乘輿播遷 / 乘舆播迁
* 二手傳播 / 二手传播
* 人際傳播 / 人际传播
* 傳播 / 传播 (chuánbō)
* 傳播功能 / 传播功能 (chuánbō gōngnéng)
* 傳播媒體 / 传播媒体
* 傳播學 / 传播学 (chuánbōxué)
* 傳播界 / 传播界
* 傳播者 / 传播者
* 傳播衛星 / 传播卫星
* 公眾傳播 / 公众传播
* 受播者
* 口語傳播 / 口语传播
* 圖文傳播 / 图文传播
* 大眾傳播 / 大众传播 (dàzhòng chuánbō)
* 太空傳播 / 太空传播
* 實況轉播 / 实况转播
* 導播 / 导播 (dǎobō)
* 小廣播 / 小广播
* 展播
* 廣播 / 广播 (guǎngbō)
* 廣播劇 / 广播剧 (guǎngbōjù)
* 廣播段 / 广播段
* 廣播界 / 广播界
* 廣播節 / 广播节
* 廣播節目 / 广播节目
* 廣播系統 / 广播系统
* 廣播網 / 广播网
* 廣播電臺 / 广播电台 (guǎngbō diàntái)
* 掂斤播兩 / 掂斤播两
* 掀風播浪 / 掀风播浪
* 插播 (chābō)
* 搬斤播兩 / 搬斤播两
* 播亂 / 播乱 (bōluàn)
* 播出 (bōchū)
* 播出頻道 / 播出频道
* 播名天下
* 播土揚塵 / 播土扬尘
* 播報 / 播报 (bōbào)
* 播報員 / 播报员 (bōbàoyuán)
* 播州
* 播幅
* 播弄
* 播惡遺臭 / 播恶遗臭
* 播揚 / 播扬
* 撒播 (sǎbō)
* 撒播機 / 撒播机
* 播放 (bōfàng)
* 播散 (bōsàn)
* 播敷
* 播映 (bōyìng)
* 播棄 / 播弃
* 播棋 (“mancala”)
* 播流
* 播發 / 播发 (bōfā)
* 播種 / 播种
* 播種機 / 播种机
* 播糠眯目
* 播蕩 / 播荡
* 播越 (bōyuè)
* 播越失據 / 播越失据
* 播送 (bōsòng)
* 播遷 / 播迁 (bōqiān)
* 播郎鼓
* 播音 (bōyīn)
* 播音員 / 播音员 (bōyīnyuán)
* 收播
* 散播 (sànbō)
* 文字傳播 / 文字传播
* 春播 (chūnbō)
* 有線廣播 / 有线广播
* 條播 / 条播
* 流播 (liúbō)
* 直接廣播 / 直接广播
* 直播 (zhíbō)
* 直播衛星 / 直播卫星
* 直播電視 / 直播电视
* 短波廣播 / 短波广播
* 視聽傳播 / 视听传播
* 秋播 (qiūbō)
* 立體廣播 / 立体广播
* 耬播 / 耧播
* 聲名遠播 / 声名远播
* 聯播 / 联播 (liánbō)
* 衛星轉播 / 卫星转播
* 試播 / 试播 (shìbō)
* 調幅廣播 / 调幅广播
* 調頻廣播 / 调频广播
* 轉播 / 转播 (zhuǎnbō)
* 轉播站 / 转播站
* 逋播
* 遠播 / 远播
* 選播 / 选播
* 配置廣播 / 配置广播
* 醜聲遠播 / 丑声远播
* 重播 (chóngbō)
* 開播 / 开播 (kāibō)
* 顛播 / 颠播
* 飛播 / 飞播
* 首播 (shǒubō)
* 點播 / 点播 (diǎnbō)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bǒ (bo$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bǒ
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bǒ
*** Wade–Giles: po$^3$
*** Yale: bwǒ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: boo
*** Palladius: бо (bo)
*** Sinological IPA : /pu̯ɔ²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

播
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 簸 (“toss up and down”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* scatter, spread, disseminate

#### Readings

* Go-on: は (ha)
* Kan-on: は (ha)
* Kan’yō-on: はん (han)、ばん (ban)
* Kun: まく (maku, 播く)
* Nanori: はり (hari)

## Korean
### Hanja

播 (eumhun 뿌릴 파 (ppuril pa))
* to spray, spread, scatter, sow

#### Synonyms

* 散 (산, san)
* 撒 (살, sal)

#### Derived terms

* 播種 (파종, pajong) seeding, sowing
* 傳播 (전파, jeonpa) diffusion, propagation, transfer

## Vietnamese
### Han character

播: Hán Nôm readings: vá, bá, bạ, phăng, vả, vớ, bợ
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