菩
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used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]; used in 菩提[pu2 ti2]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艸 +8
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 菩
- Common rank
- #2,339
- Unicode
- U+83E9
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 菩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 meaning “herb” + 咅 sound ()
Components 艹 咅
How to remember it
bodhisattva · Heisig RSH #1721
flower + muzzle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 菩
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 泥菩萨过江，自身难保 | like a clay Bodhisattva fording a river, can't guarantee his own safety; unable to save on… | |
| 地藏王菩萨 | Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accept… | |
| 观世音菩萨 | Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) | |
| 菩提道场 | Bodhimanda (place of enlightenment associated with a Bodhisattva) | |
| 大愿地藏菩萨 | Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accept… | |
| 龙树菩萨 | Nagarjuna (Nagarjuna Bodhisattva) | |
| 虚空藏菩萨 | Akasagarbha Bodhisattva | |
| 金刚手菩萨 | Vajrapani Bodhisattva | |
| 地藏菩萨 | Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accept… | |
| 观音菩萨 | Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) | |
| 大势至菩萨 | (Buddhism) Mahasthamaprapta, the Great Strength Bodhisattva | |
| 菩提达摩 | Bodhidharma | |
| 文殊师利菩萨 | Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness | |
| 菩提树 | peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig | |
| 活菩萨 | a living Buddha; fig. compassionate person; saint | |
| 普贤菩萨 | Samantabhadra, the Buddhist Lord of Truth | |
| 泥菩萨 | clay Bodhisattva | |
| 弥勒菩萨 | Maitreya Bodhisattva | |
| 文殊菩萨 | Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness | |
| 菩提 | bodhi (Sanskrit); enlightenment (Buddhism) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 咅 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 咅 sound part | to spit out | |
| 部 | department, ministry; division, unit; part, section | |
| 培 | to cultivate, to farm; to shore up | |
| 陪 | to accompany, to be with, to keep company | |
| 剖 | to bisect, to dissect, to slice | |
| 赔 | to compensate, to pay damages, to suffer a loss | |
| 焙 | to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire | |
| 涪 | a river in Sichuan province | |
| 碚 | suburb | |
| 瓿 | vase, pot, jar | |
| 掊 | to extract; to injure | |
| 踣 | stiff, corpse-like; rigor mortis | |
| 醅 | unstrained spirits | |
| 锫 | berkelium |