播种
Old HSK 6
播种 (bōzhǒng) · to sow seeds
播种 (bōzhǒng) means “to sow seeds”. It is written with 2 characters: 播 (to sow seeds) + 种 (kind). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 播种 is built
The characters
播 bō · to sow seeds
What 播 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 番fān — to take turns
- 米mǐ — uncooked rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 木mù — tree
- 田tián — field
- 冂 — frame
- 土tǔ — earth
- 米mǐ — uncooked rice
Origin hint: To sow seeds 番 by hand 扌; 番 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
种 zhǒng · kind
What 种 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 中zhōng — central
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: 禾 gives the meaning, 中 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
春天是播种的季节。Chūntiān shì bōzhǒng de jìjié.Spring is the season for sowing.
农民们正在田里播种。Nóngmínmen zhèngzài tián lǐ bōzhǒng.The farmers are sowing in the fields.
Questions about 播种
What does 播种 mean?
播种 (bōzhǒng) means “to sow seeds”.
How do you pronounce 播种?
播种 is pronounced bōzhǒng.
Which HSK level is 播种?
播种 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 播出bōchūto broadcast
- 播放bōfàngto play
- 传播chuánbōto spread
- 广播guǎngbōradio
- 直播zhíbōlive broadcast
- 各种gèzhǒngall kinds of
- 种子zhǒngziseed
- 多种duōzhǒngmany kinds of
- 种类zhǒnglèikind
- 种植zhòngzhíto plant
Learn 播种 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 15: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.