- 博士【はかせ】 - expert, learned person, doctor, PhD, Dr., instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period), pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) 
- 博士【はくし】 - doctor, PhD, Dr. 
- 博物館【はくぶつかん】 - museum 
- 博覧会【はくらんかい】 - fair, exhibition, exposition 
- 博愛【はくあい】 - charity, benevolence, philanthropy, (love for) humanity, fraternity, brotherhood, brotherly love, love of fellow man 
- 博物【はくぶつ】 - natural history, wide learning, broad area of learning 
- 国立博物館【こくりつはくぶつかん】 - national museum 
- 賭博【とばく】 - gambling 
- 博徒【ばくと】 - gambler 
- 博識【はくしき】 - extensive knowledge, erudition, learned, erudite, well-informed, knowledgeable 
- 文博【ぶんはく】 - doctor of literature