玻 bō glass
How to remember 玻: 𤣩 king + 皮 skin = glass. The boy slams down his chess king so hard that he scrapes the skin of his knuckle on the table made of glass.
Component breakdown
玻 = 𤣩 king + 皮 skin
- 𤣩 king
- 皮 skin
The boy slams down his chess king so hard that he scrapes the skin of his knuckle on the table made of glass.
How it is used
- A fully bound character used only in 玻璃 bōli, "glass" - the general everyday word for the material (windows, bottles, cups).
- Like 玫, learn it as an inseparable half of one compound rather than a standalone morpheme.
- 玻璃 bōli traces back to a historical loanword, which is part of why the character doesn't recombine productively like native roots do.