simple

Components
木 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

tree

tree

菐 sound component

  Sound component

  

(beat against), tedious

Evolution

樸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
樸 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
樸 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
樸 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
樸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

simple, honest; plain; rough; plain and simple; Taiwan pr. [pú]

Most common words with 樸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

plain and simple

朴素

unadorned

朴实

plain

质朴

simple

古朴

simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)