仆
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servant
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,518 U+4EC6
How 仆 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 卜 (phonetic, bǔ)
How to remember it
servant · Heisig RSH #2059
人 person + magic wand
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 卜
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 卜 (bǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卜 sound component | bǔ | divination, fortune-telling; prophecy |
| 补 | bǔ | to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore |
| 扑 | pū | to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike |
| 朴 | pǔ | plain, simple; sincere; surname |
| 赴 | fù | to attend, to go to, to be present |
| 讣 | fù | obituary, death notice |
| 钋 | pō | polonium |
Words containing 仆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 更仆难数 | gēng pú nán shǔ | too many to count; very many; innumerable |
| 前仆后继 | qián pū hòu jì | one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades; … |
| 太仆寺旗 | Tài pú sì Qí | Taibus Banner in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia |
| 仆人 | pú rén | servant |
| 公仆 | gōng pú | public servant; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 主仆 | zhǔ pú | master and servant |
| 女仆 | nǚ pú | female servant; maid |
| 太仆 | tài pú | ministerial title in imperial China (in the Qin and Han dynasties, the minister responsibl… |
| 太仆寺 | Tài pú sì | Court of imperial stud, office originally charged with horse breeding; Taibus banner in Xi… |
| 仆欧 | pú ōu | (old) waiter (loanword from "boy"); attendant |
| 风尘仆仆 | fēng chén pú pú | lit. covered in dust (idiom); fig. travel-worn |
| 太仆寺卿 | Tài pú sì qīng | Minister of imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding |
| 狼仆 | láng pú | (old) henchman |
| 臣仆 | chén pú | servant |
| 奴仆 | nú pú | servant |
| 仆役 | pú yì | servant |
| 僮仆 | tóng pú | boy servant |