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匍

pú

Character

What 匍 means

1. used in {匍匐|pú fú}

Example sentences

• 不远处，母狮谢格拉匍匐着，隐匿于林间，正伺机将婴儿吞食，作为她的晚餐。
  Not far away, screened by the forest, crouched Shiegra, the lioness, intent upon devouring the infant for her evening meal.

Words starting with 匍

• 匍匐pú fúto crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate
• 匍匐茎pú fú jīng(botany) stolon
• 匍匐前进pú fú qián jìnto crawl forward
• 匍伏pú fúvariant of 匍匐

Characters built on 甫

These share the phonetic component 甫 (fǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 捕bǔto catch; to seize; to capture
• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 浦pǔriver bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
• 铺pūto spread; to display; to set up
• 埔bùused in place names
• 哺bǔto feed
• 脯fǔdried meat; preserved fruit
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard

Characters that look like 匍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 宪xiànstatute; constitution
• 契qìto carve; carved words; to agree
• 莆púused in 莆田
• 鸯yāngused in 鸳鸯
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster
• 訇hōngsound of a crash

Sounds the same

Read pú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 葡used in 葡萄
• 仆servant
• 蒲refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha…
• 璞unpolished gem
• 濮name of a river; surname Pu
• 脯chest; breast
• 菩used in 菩萨; used in 菩提
• 莆used in 莆田
• 镤protactinium (chemistry)
• 酺drink heavily; drink in company
• 菐thicket; tedious
• 蒱see 樗蒱