玻bō
glass. 9 strokes, radical 王, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin bōStrokes 9Radical 王Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 玻
Strokes 1–4 write 王, then strokes 5–9 write 皮.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 玻 · the stroke-order rules
What 玻 is made of
王 (wáng, king) and 皮 (pí, skin).
王 carries the meaning — jade — and 皮 carries the sound.
Words that use 玻
| 玻璃 | glass (the material) 一种透明、坚硬、容易破碎的材料 工人小心地擦拭展柜上的玻璃。The worker carefully wiped the display case's glass. Lesson 392, 博古鉴真 · 辨微知著与兼修博览 · Essentials & Institutional Learning |
Characters that share the sound part 皮
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 王
All 12 of them, and what the radical means, on the 王 radical page.