铺

2 readings · tap one to hear it

plank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay station

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 meaning “money” + 甫 sound ( fǔ )

Components 钅甫

shop · Heisig RSH #2794

metal + dog tag

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
美体小铺	Měi tǐ Xiǎo pù	The Body Shop (UK cosmetics company)
打地铺	dǎ dì pù	to make one's bed on the floor
上下铺	shàng xià pù	bunk bed
铺天盖地	pū tiān gài dì	(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom); (fig.) arriving in overwhelming…
铺面房	pù miàn fáng	store; front room of house serving as shop
五金店铺	wǔ jīn diàn pù	hardware store
卷铺盖走人	juǎn pū gài zǒu rén	to pack one's things and leave
铺子	pù zi	store; shop
铺家	pù jiā	store; shop
铺面	pū miàn	paving; pavement
铺面	pù miàn	front window; store front
铺平	pū píng	to spread out (material); to pave (the way, a road etc)
铺盖卷儿	pū gài juǎn r	bedroll
铺路	pū lù	to pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to gi…
铺保	pù bǎo	shop's guarantee
酒铺	jiǔ pù	tavern; wine shop
当铺	dàng pù	pawnshop; CL:家[jia1],間\|间[jian1]
铺板	pù bǎn	bedboard
铺放	pū fàng	to display
铺位	pù wèi	bunk; berth

Characters sharing the sound component 甫 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
甫 sound part	fǔ	to begin; man, father; great; a distance of ten li
浦	pǔ	beach, shore, river bank; surname
捕	bǔ	to arrest, to catch, to seize
辅	fǔ	side road; to assist, to coach, to tutor
哺	bǔ	to chew; to feed
埔	pǔ	arena; market; plain; port
圃	pǔ	garden, orchard, plot of farmland
脯	pú	dried meat; preserved fruits
匍	pú	to crawl; to lie prostrate
逋	bū	to flee, to run away; to leave a debt unsettled
莆	pú	a kind of legendary tree
乶	fǔ	Pholha, a place in Korea
尃	fū	to announce, to state
晡	bū	late afternoon
黼	fǔ	embroidered official or sacrificial robe