pú
type of rush
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 浦 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 蒲
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
bullrush | ||
dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum) | ||
praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) | ||
bushel (eight gallons) | ||
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
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+84B2 |
Shuowen | “蒲,水艸也,可以作席。从艸,浦聲。” |
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