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Chinese
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extensive; ample; rich extensive; ample; rich; obtain; aim; to win; to get; plentiful; to gamble
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to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
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trad. (博愛)
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博
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愛
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simp. (博爱)
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博
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爱
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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博
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愛
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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bó
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ài
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Middle Chinese
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‹ pak ›
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‹ ʔojH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pˁak/
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/*ˁə-s/
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English
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broad
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to love; to grudge (< ‘draw close to oneself’?)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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博
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愛
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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No.
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3474
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1
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Phonetic component
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甫
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愛
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Rime group
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鐸
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隊
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Rime subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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博
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愛
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Old Chinese
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/*paːɡ/
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/*qɯːds/
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Notes
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說文本從心旡聲
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Verb
博愛
- (literal) to aggrandise love; to extend the scope of love
王者博愛遠施,外內合同。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
王者博爱远施,外内合同。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: p. 73 BCE, Huan Kuan (桓寬) (editor). Discourses on Salt and Iron (《鹽鐵論》)
- Wángzhě bó'ài yuǎnshī, wàinèi hétóng.
- A true sovereign expands love and extends benefaction; he achieves harmony with the close and the remote alike.
夫君子仁以博愛,義以除惡,信以立情,禮以自節,聰以自察,明以觀色,謀以行權,智以辨物,豈可無一哉? [Classical Chinese, trad.]
夫君子仁以博爱,义以除恶,信以立情,礼以自节,聪以自察,明以观色,谋以行权,智以辨物,岂可无一哉? [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. early 3rd century, Xu Gan (徐幹), Zhonglun (《中論》)
- Fú jūnzǐ rén yǐ bó'ài, yì yǐ chú'è, xìn yǐ lìqíng, lǐ yǐ zìjié, cōng yǐ zìchá, míng yǐ guānsè, móu yǐ xíngquán, zhì yǐ biànwù, qǐkě wú yī zāi?
- With charity, one expands love; with justice, one diminishes evil; with trustworthiness, one establishes truth; with propriety, one regulates one's own; with keen ears, one listens to the self; with sharp eyes, one reads others; with planning, one acts timely; with intelligence, one understands. How can any of these be missing?
- to show universal love; to show fraternity
- 博愛眾生/博爱众生 ― bó'ài zhòngshēng ― to universally love all living things
Derived terms
Noun
博愛
- universal love; fraternity, love that does not discriminate
自由、平等、博愛 [MSC, trad.]
自由、平等、博爱 [MSC, simp.]- zìyóu, píngděng, bó'ài
- liberté, égalité, fraternité
博愛之謂仁,行而宜之之謂義。由是而之焉之謂道,足乎己無待於外之謂德。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
博爱之谓仁,行而宜之之谓义。由是而之焉之谓道,足乎己无待于外之谓德。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. early 9th century, Han Yu (韓愈), 《原道》, translated into English as True Faith of a Confucianist by Herbert Allen Giles, 1922.
- Bó'ài zhī wèi rén, xíng ér yízhī zhī wèi yì. Yóushì ér zhīyān zhī wèi dào, zú hū jǐ wú dài yú wài zhī wèi dé.
- Universal love is called charity: right conduct is called duty. The product of these two factors is called the Method; and its practice, without external stimulus, is called Exemplification.
Descendants
Proper noun
博愛
- (~縣) Bo'ai (a county of Jiaozuo, Henan, China)
- (~特區) Bo'ai Special Zone (a buffer zone in Taipei, Taiwan)
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
博愛 • (hakuai)
- fraternity
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- フランス
【国旗の意味】
青は自由、白は平等、赤は博愛を表わす。フランス革命軍が帽子に付けた帽章の色に由来。- Furansu
【Kokki no imi】
Ao wa jiyū, shiro wa byōdō, aka wa hakuai o arawasu. Furansu Kakumeigun ga bōshi ni tsuketa bōshō no iro ni yurai. - France
Blue is for liberty, white for equality, and red for fraternity. These were originally the colors of the badges on the caps of the French Revolutionary Army.
References
Korean
Noun
博愛 • (bagae) (hangeul 박애)
- hanja form? of 박애 (“philanthropy”)
Vietnamese
Adjective
博愛
- chữ Hán form of bác ái (“altruistic; humane; compassionate”).