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埠

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(bound form) wharf; pier; port town; (Tw) (computing) (bound form) port

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Strokes
11
Radical
土 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
埠
Common rank
#3,284
Unicode
U+57E0

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Formation & memory

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How 埠 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 阜 sound ( fù )

Components 土 阜

Words with 埠

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WordPinyinMeaning
埠头 bù tóu wharf; pier
开埠 kāi bù to open up a port for trade; to open treaty ports
本埠 běn bù this city; this town
华埠 Huá bù Chinatown; also called 唐人街[Tang2 ren2 jie1]
商埠 shāng bù commercial port; trading port; treaty port (old)
船埠 chuán bù wharf; quay
港埠 gǎng bù port; harbor
蚌埠市 Bèng bù Shì Bengbu, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]
蚌埠 Bèng bù see 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4]