播

bō

(bound form) to sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)

Taiwan pr. [bo4]

hand (扌) + scatter seeds (番) = sow and broadcast

番 originally depicted seeds scattered in furrows — already carrying the idea of sowing and spreading in turns. The hand radical anchors this as a physical, deliberate act of dispersal.

扌+番→播
扌HandSemantic
番To take turnsSemantic

这个节目今晚会在电视上播出。

zhè ge jié mù jīn wǎn huì zài diàn shì shàng bō chū。

This program will be broadcast on television tonight.

农民在田里播下了种子。

nóng mín zài tián lǐ bō xià le zhǒng zi。

The farmer sowed seeds in the field.

Words with 播

大众传播

dà zhòng chuán bō

mass communication

播放列表

bō fàng liè biǎo

playlist

重播

chóng bō

to replay

开播

kāi bō

(agriculture) to begin sowing

电视广播

diàn shì guǎng bō

television broadcast

点播

diǎn bō

webcast

中国国际广播电台

zhōng guó guó jì guǎng bō diàn tái

China Radio International

中国广播公司

zhōng guó guǎng bō gōng sī

Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC)

中央广播电台

zhōng yāng guǎng bō diàn tái

Radio Taiwan International (RTI)

主播

zhǔ bō

(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer

传播四方

chuán bō sì fāng

to disseminate in every direction (idiom)

传播

chuán bō

to disseminate; to propagate; to spread

More characters with 扌

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