Chinese Word: 蒲 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

蒲

Pinyin: pú

English Definition: refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush; surname Pu; old place name

Chinese Definition:
①多年生草本植物，生池沼中，高近两米。根茎长在泥里，可食。叶长而尖，可编席、制扇，夏天开黄色花(亦称“香蒲”)：蒲黄(蒲的花粉)。蒲棒。蒲草。蒲绒。蒲扇。
②指“菖蒲”：蒲节。蒲月(指农历五月)。
③庵，用草盖的圆形屋。
④古同“匍”，匍伏。
⑤姓氏。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 艸

Pictophonetic:浦 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
- 浦 [ pǔ ] beach, shore, river bank; surname

Similar Characters: 捕辅哺铺搏脯膊敷蒱

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Example Words

菖蒲	chāng pú	Acorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag
蒲公英	pú gōng yīng	dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)
蒲扇	pú shàn	palm-leaf fan; cattail-leaf fan
蒲团	pú tuán	praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
蒲剧	pú jù	Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province