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蒲

pú

Character

What 蒲 means

1. refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis
2. common cattail
3. bullrush

Other readings

蒲 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Púsurname Pu; old place name

Example sentences

• 最后，俄狄蒲斯回答了。
  Zuìhòu, édípúsī huídá le.
  Finally, Oedipus replied.
• 调查人员的结论基于对取自东非大裂谷坦噶尼喀湖底部的一块距今 6 万年的沉积物岩芯的分析。坦噶尼喀湖位于东非大裂谷，与蒲隆地、刚果民主共和国、坦尚尼亚和尚比亚接壤，是世界第二深的淡水湖。
  Investigators base their conclusion on an analysis of a 60,000-year-old sediment core extracted from the bottom Lake Tanganyika in the East African Rift Valley, which borders Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia. The lake is the world's second deepest fresh water lake.

Words starting with 蒲

• 蒲公英pú gōng yīngdandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)
• 蒲团pú tuánpraying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
• 蒲扇pú shànpalm-leaf fan; cattail-leaf fan
• 蒲剧Pú jùPuzhou opera of Shanxi Province
• 蒲包pú bāocattail bag; (old) gift of fruit or pastries (traditionally presented in a cattail bag)
• 蒲桃pú táorose apple (Syzygium jambos)
• 蒲棒pú bàngspike or male flower of cattail (Typha orientalis)
• 蒲瓜pú guāwhite flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)
• 蒲甘Pú gānBagan (Pagan), ancient capital of Myanmar (Burma)
• 蒲县Pú XiànPu County or Puxian, a county in Linfen City 临汾市
• 蒲菜pú càiedible rhizome of cattail 香蒲
• 蒲葵pú kuíChinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
• 蒲鞋pú xiéstraw sandals
• 蒲城县Pú chéng XiànPucheng, a county in Weinan City 渭南市
• 蒲式耳pú shì ěrbushel (eight gallons)
• 蒲松龄Pú Sōng língPu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊斋志异
• 蒲江县Pú jiāng XiànPujiang, a county in Chengdu City 成都市
• 蒲草箱pú cǎo xiāngrush basket
• 蒲隆地Pú lóng dìBurundi (Tw)
• 蒲甘王朝Pú gān Wáng cháoBagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287
• 蒲福风级Pú fú fēng jíBeaufort scale for wind speed
• 蒲𫓴pú móukamaboko (Japanese steamed fish cake made from surimi)
• 蒲城Pú chéngsee 蒲城县
• 蒲江Pú jiāngsee 蒲江县

Words containing 蒲

• 菖蒲chāng púAcorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag
• 香蒲xiāng púTypha orientalis; broadleaf cumbungi; bulrush
• 洋蒲桃yáng pú táolove apple; wax apple; Syzygium samarangense (botany)
• 肉蒲团Ròu Pú tuánThe Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li…
• 水蒲苇莺shuǐ pú wěi yīng(bird species of China) sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
• 水菖蒲shuǐ chāng púAcorus calamus; sweet sedge or sweet flag

Characters that look like 蒲

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

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 简jiǎnsimple; uncomplicated; letter
• 腐fǔdecay; rotten
• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 溜liūto slip away; to escape in stealth; to skate
• 蒟jǔbetel

Sounds the same

Read pú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 葡used in 葡萄
• 仆servant
• 璞unpolished gem
• 濮name of a river; surname Pu
• 脯chest; breast
• 菩used in 菩萨; used in 菩提
• 匍used in 匍匐
• 莆used in 莆田
• 镤protactinium (chemistry)
• 酺drink heavily; drink in company
• 菐thicket; tedious
• 蒱see 樗蒱