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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pú | pu2
English translation
to fall forward; prostrate, prone; servant

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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person

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻菐

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
仆人 pú rén servant僕人
女仆 nǚ pú drudge女僕
to fall forward
公仆 gōng pú public servant公僕
风尘仆仆 fēng chén pú pú fig. travel-worn風塵僕僕
奴仆 nú pú servant奴僕
前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì advancing wave upon wave前仆後繼
主仆 zhǔ pú master and servant主僕
仆役 pú yì servant僕役
太仆 tài pú Grand Servant in Imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿 jiǔ qīng [jiǔ​qīng]太僕
僮仆 tóng pú boy servant僮僕
太仆寺旗 Tài pū sì qí Taibus banner in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟 Xī lín guō lè méng [Xī​lín​guō​lè​méng], Inner Mongolia太僕寺旗
更仆难数 gēng pú nán shǔ too many to count更僕難數

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