朴
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(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. [pu2]
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,856 U+6734
How 朴 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 卜 (phonetic, bǔ)
How to remember it
plain · Heisig RSH #1563
木 tree + 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 |
| 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 |
Words containing 朴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朴实无华 | pǔ shí wú huá | (idiom) simple; plain; unadorned |
| 朴子市 | Pú zǐ Shì | Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan |
| 李公朴 | Lǐ Gōng pǔ | Li Gongpu (-1946), communist killed by Guomindang in Kunming in 1946 |
| 朴子 | Pú zǐ | Puzi or Putzu City in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan |
| 白朴 | Bái Pǔ | Bai Pu (1226-1306), Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one o… |
| 朴门 | pǔ mén | (loanword) permaculture |
| 朴智星 | Piáo Zhì xīng | Park Ji-sung (1981-), South Korean former footballer, played for Manchester United (2005-2… |
| 朴次茅斯 | Pǔ cì máo sī | Portsmouth, southern English seaport |
| 古朴 | gǔ pǔ | simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) |
| 朴实 | pǔ shí | plain; simple; guileless; down-to-earth; sincere and honest |
| 朴素 | pǔ sù | plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous |
| 素朴 | sù pǔ | simple; unadorned; unsophisticated; naive |
| 抱朴子 | Bào pǔ zǐ | Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[Ge3 Hong2] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, … |
| 质朴 | zhì pǔ | simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy |
| 朴刀 | pō dāo | sword with a curved blade and a long hilt, wielded with both hands |
| 艰苦朴素 | jiān kǔ pǔ sù | leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom) |
| 勤俭朴实 | qín jiǎn pǔ shí | hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious |
| 勤俭朴素 | qín jiǎn pǔ sù | hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious |
| 凹朴皮 | āo pò pí | bark of tulip tree (TCM); Cortex Liriodendri |
| 简朴 | jiǎn pǔ | (of lifestyle, clothing, writing etc) simple; plain |