玻

see 玻璃[bo1 li5]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

王 (semantic, “jade”) + 皮 (phonetic, pí)

components: 王皮

glass (front side) · Heisig RSH #2985

jewel + 皮 covering

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 皮

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 皮 (pí) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
皮 sound component	pí	skin, hide, fur, feathers
波	bō	waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
破	pò	to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
被	bèi	bedding; a passive particle meaning "by"
坡	pō	slope, hillside, embankment
彼	bǐ	that, those, the other
疲	pí	weak, tired, exhausted
颇	pō	rather, quite; partial, biased
陂	bēi	dam, embankment; reservoir
簸	bǒ	dustpan; to winnow, to toss
跛	bǒ	lame
帔	pèi	cape, robe, skirt
铍	pí	beryllium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
玻利尼西亚	Bō lì ní xī yà	Polynesia
玻里尼西亚	Bō lǐ ní xī yà	Polynesia (Tw)
希格斯玻色子	Xī gé sī bō sè zǐ	Higgs boson (particle physics)
玻利维亚	Bō lì wéi yà	Bolivia
玻色子	bō sè zǐ	boson (particle physics)
玻意耳	Bō yì ěr	Robert Boyle (1627-1691), English chemist
玻尔兹曼	Bō ěr zī màn	Ludwig Boltzmann (1844-1906), Austrian physicist and philosopher
有机玻璃	yǒu jī bō li	plexiglass
中空玻璃	zhōng kōng bō li	double glazing
盖玻片	gài bō piàn	coverslip
载玻片	zài bō piàn	microscope slide
玻片	bō piàn	glass slide for medical sample
玻尿酸	bō niào suān	hyaluronic acid; hyaluronan
钢化玻璃	gāng huà bō li	reinforced glass
不碎玻璃	bù suì bō li	shatterproof or safety glass
水玻璃	shuǐ bō li	(chemistry) water glass
玻璃水	bō li shuǐ	windshield washer fluid
玻璃市	Bō lí shì	Perlis, state of Malaysia adjacent to Thailand, capital Kangar 加央[Jia1 yang1]
玻璃心	bō li xīn	(slang) overly sensitive; butthurt
玻璃化	bō li huà	vitrification