Kanji N1

博: Dr., command, esteem

博 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning Dr., command, esteem, written with 12 strokes. It is read ハク, バク (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 博士 (はかせ, expert) and 博物館 (はくぶつかん, museum).

博

Meanings

  • Dr.
  • command
  • esteem
  • win acclaim
  • Ph.D.
  • exposition
  • fair
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#794 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハク
  • バク

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 博

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 博士はかせ

    expert; learned person

    JLPT N3
  • 博物館はくぶつかん

    museum

    JLPT N3
  • 博はく

    doctor; PhD

  • 博覧会はくらんかい

    exhibition; exposition; expo; fair

  • 博物はくぶつ

    natural history

  • 博学はくがく

    erudition; extensive learning

  • 博多はかた

    Hakata (old but still commonly used name for Fukuoka)

  • 博愛はくあい

    charity; benevolence; philanthropy

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.