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伯 means 'chief' or 'uncle'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 1137   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-13    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 24 words   Used in 40 words   Used in 384 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
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   ハク
Name    いき   えき   か   き   は   ひろ
(father)= (uncle) (father)=おじ=uncle
⿰   () man   white  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 伯 is used 4 times, read 1 way. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 伯 is used 26 times, read 1 way (with 2 variations). 2 words use a non-standard reading.
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noun
master painter; artist  (honorific)
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ハク (read as はっ) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
the eldest son
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ハク (read as ぱく) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
Japan and Brazil
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Most common form: おじさん
noun
1. uncle  (伯父さん is older than one's parent and 叔父さん is younger; honorific; familiar language; often written with kana only)
2. old man; mister (vocative)  (usu. 小父さん or おじさん; familiar language; often written with kana only)
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An additional 1 less common words include 伯 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1694  Joy o' Kanji : 1694  Key to Kanji:

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ハク    chief; uncle   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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