蒲 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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pú

type of rush

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 浦 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

浦 Sound component

pǔ

bank of river

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

pú

type of rush; vine; refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush

Pú

surname Pu; old place name

Most common words with 蒲

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	蒲	bullrush
	蒲公英	dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)
	蒲团	praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
	蒲式耳	bushel (eight gallons)
	香蒲	bulrush

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[b]ˤa	bu	pú	part of personal name

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2344th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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