朴
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(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. [pu2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 木 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 朴
- Common rank
- #1,856
- Unicode
- U+6734
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Formation & memory
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Words with 朴
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朴实无华 | (idiom) simple; plain; unadorned | |
| 朴子市 | Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan | |
| 李公朴 | Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946 | |
| 朴子 | Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan | |
| 白朴 | Bai Pu (1226-1306), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one o… | |
| 朴门 | (loanword) permaculture | |
| 朴智星 | Park Ji-sung (1981-), South Korean former footballer, played for Manchester United (2005-2… | |
| 朴次茅斯 | Portsmouth, southern English seaport | |
| 古朴 | simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) | |
| 朴实 | plain; simple; guileless; down-to-earth; sincere and honest | |
| 朴素 | plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous | |
| 素朴 | simple; unadorned; unsophisticated; naive | |
| 抱朴子 | Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[Ge3 Hong2] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, … | |
| 质朴 | simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy | |
| 朴刀 | sword with a curved blade and a long hilt, wielded with both hands | |
| 艰苦朴素 | leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom) | |
| 勤俭朴实 | hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious | |
| 勤俭朴素 | hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious | |
| 凹朴皮 | bark of tulip tree (TCM); Cortex Liriodendri | |
| 简朴 | (of lifestyle, clothing, writing etc) simple; plain |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 卜 — compare how they read.