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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)

components: 亻 卜

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:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
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

WordPinyinMeaning
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