蒲

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refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “plant” + 浦 sound ( pǔ )

Components 艹浦

cattail · Heisig RSH #2792

浦 river mouth + flower

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
蒲城县	Pú chéng Xiàn	Pucheng, a county in Weinan City 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4], Shaanxi
蒲江县	Pú jiāng Xiàn	Pujiang, a county in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan
蒲福风级	Pú fú fēng jí	Beaufort scale for wind speed
蒲公英	pú gōng yīng	dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)
蒲式耳	pú shì ěr	bushel (eight gallons)
蒲甘王朝	Pú gān Wáng cháo	Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287
肉蒲团	Ròu Pú tuán	The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu…
蒲隆地	Pú lóng dì	Burundi (Tw)
蒲县	Pú Xiàn	Pu County or Puxian, a county in Linfen City 臨汾市\|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi
蒲城	Pú chéng	see 蒲城縣\|蒲城县[Pu2 cheng2 Xian4]
蒲江	Pú jiāng	see 蒲江縣\|蒲江县[Pu2 jiang1 Xian4]
蒲草箱	pú cǎo xiāng	rush basket
蒲包	pú bāo	cattail bag; (old) gift of fruit or pastries (traditionally presented in a cattail bag)
洋蒲桃	yáng pú táo	love apple; wax apple; Syzygium samarangense (botany)
香蒲	xiāng pú	Typha orientalis; broadleaf cumbungi; bulrush; cattail
蒲菜	pú cài	edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2]
蒲团	pú tuán	praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
水蒲苇莺	shuǐ pú wěi yīng	(bird species of China) sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
蒲松龄	Pú Sōng líng	Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異\|聊斋志异[Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4]
蒲剧	Pú jù	Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province