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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pǔ | pu3
English translation
plain, simple; sincere; surname

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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tree

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木菐

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and bo represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Piáo plain and simple
朴素 pǔsù unadorned樸素
朴实 pǔshí plain樸實
质朴 zhì pǔ simple質樸
古朴 gǔ pǔ simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)古樸
淳朴 chún pǔ simple and honest淳樸
纯朴 chún pǔ simple and honest純樸
简朴 jiǎn pǔ plain簡樸
朴智星 Piáo Zhì xīng Park Ji-sung (1981-), South Korean former footballer, played for Manchester United (2005-2012)朴智星 Piáo Zhì xīng
艰苦朴素 jiān kǔ pǔ sù leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)艱苦樸素
俭朴 jiǎn pǔ plain and unadorned儉朴
朴正熙 Piáo Zhèng xī Park Chung-Hee (1917-1979), South Korean military man and dictator, president 1963-1979, influential in developing Korean industry, murdered by his bodyguard朴正熙 Piáo Zhèng xī

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