薄báo · bó
thin, wafer-thin. 16 strokes, radical 艹, first met in HSK 4.
Pinyin báo · bóStrokes 16Radical 艹Band HSK 4Words 2
How to write 薄
Strokes 1–3 write 艹, then strokes 4–16 write 溥.
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 薄 · the stroke-order rules
What 薄 is made of
艹 (cǎo, grass) and 溥 (pǔ, big).
艹 carries the meaning — grass — and 溥 carries the sound.
Words that use 薄
| 薄 | thin, wafer-thin 厚度很小，不厚实 他把鲜肉切成很薄的肉片。He sliced the fresh meat until it was very thin. Lesson 254, 商务资产与物产流通 · 经世致用与格物致知 · Practical Wisdom & Scientific Inquiry |
| 薄弱 | weak, frail (of strength, resolve, a link) 力量或基础不够强，容易出问题 这道堤坝有一处薄弱环节，急需加固。This dyke has a weak point that urgently needs reinforcing. Lesson 386, 润物温情 · 温慰人寰与固本强基 · Warm Solace & Bedrock Fortitude |
More characters with the radical 艹
All 30 of them, and what the radical means, on the 艹 radical page.