chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil
伯 centers on a person of high rank or seniority: a chief, a noble title like count or earl, or an elder male relative such as an uncle. The Brazil meaning is a modern abbreviation unrelated to the core idea.
伯 combines 亻 (person) with 白, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a senior male relative or a feudal rank.
A person 亻 beside 白 (white) suggests an elder with white hair, like a chief or uncle.
For ハク, imagine a chief wearing a white hakama: hak -> ハク, and the white garment matches the 白 component.
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uncle
count; earl
uncle (one's father's older brother)
count; earl
master painter; great artist
aunt
cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
Hōki (former province located in the central and western parts of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
Hakubi Line (West Tottori-Okayama railway)
being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with; being well contested
Beneficência Nipo-Brasileira de São Paulo (Japanese association in Brazil)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas)
Brazil and Argentina; Brazilian-Argentine
Brazilian (person)
the eldest son
brothers; one's father's brothers
Brazil
countess
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto
auntie; older woman