康博 (kāng bó) — (proper noun) Kangbo (company or brand name)

Definition

noun

(proper noun) Kangbo (company or brand name)

康博1990。
kāng bó Gōng sī chéng lì yú 1990 nián.
Kangbo Company was founded in 1990.
康博。
Wǒ zuó tiān mǎi le yì tái kāng bó diàn nǎo.
I bought a Kangbo computer yesterday.
康博。
kāng bó Zhè ge pǐn pái zài quán qiú hěn yǒu míng.
The Kangbo brand is very famous globally.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

康 pairs 庚 (threshing tools) with 米 (rice), showing rice being processed into chaff.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

十尃博

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

尃

尃fū博

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape comes from combining 十 (ten) with 尃; 尃 gives the sound.