勃
flourishing; prosperous; suddenly; abruptly
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,642 U+52C3
How 勃 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
力 (semantic, “strength”) + 孛 (phonetic, bèi)
How to remember it
vibrant · Heisig RSH #2425
Sunday school + muscle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 孛
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 孛 (bèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孛 sound component | bèi | comet |
| 脖 | bó | neck |
| 悖 | bèi | contradictory; counter to |
| 鹁 | bó | a species of pigeon |
| 桲 | bó | quince |
| 饽 | bō | cake, biscuit |
| 哱 | bō | onomatopoeic |
| 荸 | bí | water chestnut |
Words containing 勃
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勃然变色 | bó rán biàn sè | to suddenly change color showing displeasure, bewilderment etc |
| 勃利县 | Bó lì Xiàn | Boli, a county in Qitaihe City 七臺河市|七台河市[Qi1 tai2 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 克格勃 | Kè gé bó | KGB (Soviet secret police); member of the KGB |
| 夏洛特·勃良特 | Xià luò tè · Bó liáng tè | Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English novelist, eldest of three Brontë sisters, author of … |
| 勃拉姆斯 | Bó lā mǔ sī | Brahms (name); Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German romantic composer |
| 海勃湾区 | Hǎi bó wān Qū | Haibowan, a district of Wuhai City 烏海市|乌海市[Wu1 hai3 Shi4], Inner Mongolia |
| 勃然大怒 | bó rán dà nù | (idiom) to fly into a rage; to see red |
| 马勃菌 | mǎ bó jùn | puffball (mushroom in the division Basidiomycota) |
| 生气蓬勃 | shēng qì péng bó | vibrant; full of vitality |
| 生机勃勃 | shēng jī bó bó | (idiom) vibrant; full of vitality |
| 勃海 | Bó hǎi | Han dynasty province around the Bohai sea; renamed 渤海 after the Han |
| 生气勃勃 | shēng qì bó bó | (idiom) vibrant; full of vitality |
| 勃发 | bó fā | to sprout up; to flourish; (of war etc) to break out; rapid growth |
| 勃固山脉 | Bó gù shān mài | Pegu Yoma (mountain range) of south central Myanmar (Burma), separating Irrawaddy and Sitt… |
| 勃利 | Bó lì | see 勃利縣|勃利县[Bo2 li4 Xian4] |
| 海勃湾 | Hǎi bó wān | see 海勃灣區|海勃湾区[Hai3 bo2 wan1 Qu1] |
| 勃兰登堡 | Bó lán dēng bǎo | Brandenburg |
| 朝气蓬勃 | zhāo qì péng bó | full of youthful energy (idiom); vigorous; energetic; a bright spark |
| 勃然 | bó rán | suddenly; abruptly; agitatedly; excitedly; vigorously |
| 勃起 | bó qǐ | erection; to have an erection |