布

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cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Cloth 巾 held in a hand

Components 巾 ? unknown part

cloth · Heisig RSH #414

by one’s side + 巾 towel

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
拉布拉多	Lā bù lā duō	Labrador, Canada; Labrador (a breed of dog)
发布会	fā bù huì	press conference; news conference; product launch event
布尔	Bù ěr	(surname) Boole; (math.) Boolean
拉布	lā bù	(Hong Kong) to filibuster
马布多	Mǎ bù duō	Maputo, capital of Mozambique (Tw)
白布	bái bù	plain white cloth; calico
巴布尔	Bā bù ěr	Zaheeruddin Babur (1483-1530), first ruler of Mughal dynasty of India
花布	huā bù	printed cloth; calico
分布	fēn bù	to scatter; to distribute; to be distributed (over an area etc); (statistical, geographic)…
公布	gōng bù	variant of 公布[gong1 bu4]
公布	gōng bù	to announce; to make public; to publish
发布	fā bù	variant of 發布\|发布[fa1 bu4]
发布	fā bù	to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
科特布斯	Kē tè bù sī	Cottbus (city in Germany)
林德布拉德	Lín dé bù lā dé	Lindeblatt (name)
布达拉山	Bù dá lā shān	Mt Potala in Lhasa, with Potala Palace 布達拉宮\|布达拉宫
布下	bù xià	to arrange; to lay out
拉布布	Lā bù bu	Labubu, an elf-like toy character created by Hong Kong artist Kasing Lung
布法罗	Bù fǎ luó	Buffalo, New York state
巴布拉族	Bā bù lā zú	Papora or Papura, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

These characters use 布 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
布 sound part	bù	cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
怖	bù	frightened, terrified
钸	bū	plutonium