蒲
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refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis; common cattail; bullrush
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Dict coverage rank #1,960 U+84B2
How 蒲 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 浦 (phonetic, pǔ)
How to remember it
cattail · Heisig RSH #2792
浦 river mouth + flower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 蒲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蒲城县 | Pú chéng Xiàn | Pucheng, a county in Weinan City 渭南市[Wei4 nan2 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 蒲江县 | Pú jiāng Xiàn | Pujiang, a county in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 蒲福风级 | Pú fú fēng jí | Beaufort scale for wind speed |
| 蒲公英 | pú gōng yīng | dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum) |
| 蒲式耳 | pú shì ěr | bushel (eight gallons) |
| 蒲甘王朝 | Pú gān Wáng cháo | Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287 |
| 肉蒲团 | Ròu Pú tuán | The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu… |
| 蒲隆地 | Pú lóng dì | Burundi (Tw) |
| 蒲县 | Pú Xiàn | Pu County or Puxian, a county in Linfen City 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 蒲城 | Pú chéng | see 蒲城縣|蒲城县[Pu2 cheng2 Xian4] |
| 蒲江 | Pú jiāng | see 蒲江縣|蒲江县[Pu2 jiang1 Xian4] |
| 蒲草箱 | pú cǎo xiāng | rush basket |
| 蒲包 | pú bāo | cattail bag; (old) gift of fruit or pastries (traditionally presented in a cattail bag) |
| 洋蒲桃 | yáng pú táo | love apple; wax apple; Syzygium samarangense (botany) |
| 香蒲 | xiāng pú | Typha orientalis; broadleaf cumbungi; bulrush; cattail |
| 蒲菜 | pú cài | edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲[xiang1 pu2] |
| 蒲团 | pú tuán | praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail) |
| 水蒲苇莺 | shuǐ pú wěi yīng | (bird species of China) sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) |
| 蒲松龄 | Pú Sōng líng | Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異|聊斋志异[Liao2 zhai1 Zhi4 yi4] |
| 蒲剧 | Pú jù | Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province |