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圃

pǔ

Character

What 圃 means

1. garden
2. orchard

Words starting with 圃

• 圃鹀pǔ wú(bird species of China) ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana)

Words containing 圃

• 花圃huā pǔflowerbed; parterre
• 苗圃miáo pǔplant nursery; seedbed
• 园圃yuán pǔgarden plot
• 玄圃Xuán pǔmythical fairyland on Kunlun Mountain 昆仑
• 菜圃cài pǔvegetable field; vegetable bed
• 艺圃Yì PǔGarden of Cultivation in Suzhou, Jiangsu, one of the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, a…
• 瑶之圃Yáo zhī pǔjade garden of celestial ruler; paradise

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
• 匍púused in 匍匐

Characters that look like 圃

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

• 圈quāncircle; ring; loop; (fig.) social circle; niche group; community; fandom…
• 菌jūngerm; bacteria; fungus
• 匪fěibandit; (literary) not
• 涸héto dry; to dry up
• 茴huí(bound form) fennel
• 囿yòupark; to limit; be limited to

Sounds the same

Read pǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 普general; popular; everywhere
• 谱chart; list; table
• 朴(bound form) plain; simple; Taiwan pr. pú
• 浦river bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
• 埔used in place names
• 溥extensive; pervading
• 蹼web (of feet of ducks, frogs etc)
• 镨praseodymium (chemistry)
• 氆used in 氆氇
• 誧huge; to admonish
• 烳to travel by the light of torch
• 暜old variant of 普