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圃

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garden; orchard

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Strokes
10
Radical
囗 +7
Structure
Enclosure 包围
Traditional
圃
Common rank
#3,292
Unicode
U+5703

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Formation & memory

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How 圃 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

囗 meaning “enclosure” + 甫 sound ( fǔ )

Components 囗 甫

Words with 圃

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WordPinyinMeaning
花圃 huā pǔ flowerbed; parterre
菜圃 cài pǔ vegetable field; vegetable bed
瑶之圃 Yáo zhī pǔ jade garden of celestial ruler; paradise
园圃 yuán pǔ garden plot
艺圃 Yì Pǔ Garden of Cultivation in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a UNESCO…
苗圃 Miáo Pǔ Miao Pu (1977–), Chinese actress
苗圃 miáo pǔ plant nursery; seedbed
玄圃 Xuán pǔ mythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]
圃鹀 pǔ wú (bird species of China) ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana)

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 甫 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
甫 sound part fǔ to begin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li
铺 pù shop, store; bed, mattress
浦 pǔ beach, shore, river bank; surname
捕 bǔ to arrest, to catch, to seize
辅 fǔ side road; to assist, to coach, to tutor
哺 bǔ to chew; to feed
埔 pǔ arena; market; plain; port
脯 pú dried meat; preserved fruits
匍 pú to crawl; to lie prostrate
逋 bū to flee, to run away; to leave a debt unsettled
莆 pú a kind of legendary tree
乶 fǔ Pholha, a place in Korea
尃 fū to announce, to state
晡 bū late afternoon
黼 fǔ embroidered official or sacrificial robe