扑

to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over

5 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,457 U+6251

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 卜 (phonetic, bǔ)

components: 扌卜

pounce on · Heisig RSH #1831

fingers + 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
朴	pǔ	plain, simple; sincere; surname
赴	fù	to attend, to go to, to be present
仆	pú	to fall forward; prostrate, prone; servant
讣	fù	obituary, death notice
钋	pō	polonium

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
德州扑克	Dé zhōu pū kè	Texas hold 'em (poker variant)
扑面而来	pū miàn ér lái	lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses; blatant (a…
打扑克	dǎ pū kè	to play cards; to play poker
扑脸儿	pū liǎn r	strikes you in the face
扑克脸	pū kè liǎn	poker face
异香扑鼻	yì xiāng pū bí	exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
扑克牌	pū kè pái	poker (card game); playing card; CL:副[fu4]
扑克	pū kè	poker (game) (loanword); playing cards
扑面	pū miàn	lit. sth hits one in the face; directly in one's face; sth assaults the senses; blatant (a…
扑热息痛	pū rè xī tòng	paracetamol (loanword)
扑打	pū dǎ	to swat; (of wings) to flap
扑通	pū tōng	(onom.) sound of object falling into water; plop
扑空	pū kōng	lit. to rush at thin air; fig. to miss one's aim; to have nothing to show for one's troubl…
相扑	xiāng pū	sumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1]
香味扑鼻	xiāng wèi pū bí	exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
反扑	fǎn pū	to counterattack; to come back after a defeat; to retrieve lost ground
起扑	qǐ pū	chip shot (golf)
起扑杆	qǐ pū gān	chipper (golf)
颠扑不破	diān pū bù pò	solid; unbreakable; (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable
扑落	pū luò	to fall; to drop; socket (loanword for "plug")