(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.

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HandSemantic
To take turnsSemantic

这个节目今晚会在电视上出。

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

This program will be broadcast on television tonight.

农民在田里下了种子。

nóng mín zài tián lǐ bō xià le zhǒng zi。

The farmer sowed seeds in the field.

Words with 播

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

chuán bō

to disseminate; to propagate; to spread

传播四方

chuán bō sì fāng

to disseminate in every direction (idiom)

全美广播公司

quán měi guǎng bō gōng sī

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

北京广播学院

běi jīng guǎng bō xué yuàn

Beijing Broadcasting Institute, former name of 中國傳媒大學|中国传媒大学[Zhong1 guo2 Chuan2 mei2 Da4 xue2]

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