濮 (Pú) · name of an ancient river (the Pu), a surname

Meanings

1 name of an ancient river (the Pu)
2 a surname

Characters

濮

pú

the Pu River; a surname

Examples

HSK 4

濮先生是一位有名的老演员。

Pú xiānsheng shì yí wèi yǒumíng de lǎo yǎnyuán.

Mr. Pu is a well-known senior actor.

HSK 7-9

庄子在濮水边钓鱼时，君王的使者来了。

Zhuāngzǐ zài Pú shuǐ biān diàoyú shí, jūnwáng de shǐzhě lái le.

Zhuangzi was fishing on the Pu River when the king's envoys came.

Tips

culture

濮 names the ancient 濮水, remembered as the spot where Zhuangzi declined a ministerial post. It is also used today as a surname, read the same way.

Components

radical

氵 shuǐ

water

氵 is the water radical 水 in three-drop form, fitting 濮 as the name of a river.

phonetic

僕 pú

servant

The right side is the full form 僕 (simplified 仆), supplying the exact sound pú. It carries no meaning in 濮.

Stroke Order

濮 Pú

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