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铺

pù, pū

spread out

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鋪.

Components
钅 meaning component

钅  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

甫 sound component

甫  Sound component

fǔ

  

begin

Evolution

铺 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
铺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
铺 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
铺 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

铺 (鋪) 

pù

spread out, arrange; shop, store; place to sleep, bed; plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station

铺 (鋪) 

pū

to spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker

铺 (舖) 

pù

variant of 鋪|铺[pù]

Most common words with 铺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

铺

shop

店铺

store

铺设

to install (wiring, cable)

铺盖

bedding

当铺

pawn shop

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 11.4688% of movies

1943rd most common character in movies

1613th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

鋪

Unicode

U+94FA


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