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噗

pū

Character

What 噗 means

1. onomatopoeiapop
2. plop
3. pfff
4. putt-putt of a motor

Example sentences

• 噗！真冷！
  Pū! zhēn lěng!
  Brr! So cold!

Words starting with 噗

• 噗浪Pū làngPlurk (Taiwanese social networking and microblogging service)

Characters built on 菐

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

• 璞púunpolished gem
• 蹼pǔweb (of feet of ducks, frogs etc)
• 镤púprotactinium (chemistry)

Characters that look like 噗

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

• 嘴zuǐmouth; beak; nozzle
• 噢ōoh; ah (used to indicate realization); also pr. òu
• 嘻xīlaugh; giggle; (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)
• 噬shìto devour; to bite
• 嘤yīngcalling of birds
• 嘬chuài(literary) to gnaw; to eat ravenously

Sounds the same

Read pū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 铺to spread; to display; to set up
• 扑to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies
• 仆to fall forward; to fall prostrate
• 潽to boil over
• 攴to tap; to knock lightly; old variant of 扑
• 痡sick; disabled
• 攵variant of 攴