伯
伯 — Chief
chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil
On’yomiハク (haku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (7 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 伯
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伯爵 | はくしゃく hakushaku | count; earl |
| 画伯 | がはく gahaku | master painter; great artist; painter |
| 伯仲 | はくちゅう hakuchuu | being evenly matched; being equal with; being on a par with |
| 伯 | はく haku | count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system) |
| 伯楽 | ばくろう bakurou | cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle |
Study notes
伯 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1741 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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