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Kotomora

播

plant, sow

StatusJinmeiyōFrequencyTop 5,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • ハ
  • バン
  • ハン

Kun'yomi

  • ま.く

Nanori

  • はり

Meaning

播 centers on scattering seeds or ideas so they take root: planting, sowing, or broadcasting something to spread it.

Most common words using 播

  • 伝播でんぱ

    transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

  • 播磨はりま

    Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

  • 播種はしゅ

    sowing; seeding; planting

  • 播州ばんしゅう

    Banshū; Harima province

  • 播但線ばんたんせん

    Bantan Line (Hyogo Prefecture)

  • 伝播側でんぱんそく

    propagation law

  • 伝播遅延でんぱちえん

    propagation delay

  • 播磨国風土記はりまのくにふどき

    Harima Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Harima province; 715 CE)

  • 播磨風土記はりまふどき

    Harima Fudoki (description of the culture, climate, etc. of Harima province; 715 CE)

  • 播遷はせん

    wandering in a distant land

  • 混播こんぱ

    mixed seeding

  • 点播てんぱ

    sowing spaced seeds

  • 直播じかまき

    direct sowing; direct seeding; direct planting

  • 石川島播磨重工業株式会社いしかわじまはりまじゅうこうぎょうかぶしきがいしゃ

    Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.; IHI

  • 粗播きあらまき

    sparse sowing (seeding)

  • 誤差逆伝播法ごさぎゃくでんぱほう

    backpropagation (algorithm)

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Etymology

播 combines 扌 (hand) with 番, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of scattering or spreading, as in sowing seeds by hand.

Meaning mnemonic

A hand 扌 scattering seeds from a container 番: planting and sowing by hand.

Reading mnemonic

For ハ, imagine a hand scattering seeds with a soft 'ha' sound of breath: ha -> ハ, as you sow the field.