Phonosemantic compound. 扌represents the meaning and 菐 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (撲)
Simplified (扑)
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Historical Evolution
撲
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
撲
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
撲
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
撲
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
撲
Regular
Modern
Chinese
扑 / 撲 [pū]
to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (46)
扑克 [pūkè] #5,276
poker (game) (loanword)
扑灭 [pūmiè] #12,381
to eradicate
扑克牌 [pūkèpái] #14,705
poker (card game)
扑救 [pūjiù] #30,493
firefighting
扑通 [pūtōng] #24,721
(onom.) sound of object falling into water
扑面 [pūmiàn] #64,538
lit. sth hits one in the face
扑朔迷离 [pūshuòmílí] #31,635
impossible to unravel
反扑 [fǎnpū] #44,162
to counterattack
相扑 [xiāngpū] #23,504
sumo wrestling
扑鼻 [pūbí] #39,115
to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
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JAPANESE WORDS (65)
⭐ 打つ [うつ] #922
to hit
⭐ 殴る [なぐる] #1,657
to strike
⭐ 相撲 [すもう] #18,158
sumo (wrestling)
⭐ 打撲 [だぼく] #20,832
blow
⭐ 撲滅 [ぼくめつ] #31,708
eradication
撲殺 [ぼくさつ] #33,571
beat to death
腕相撲 [うでずもう] #39,732
arm wrestling
張り倒す [はりたおす] #42,911
to slap down
⭐ 大相撲 [おおずもう] #56,304
professional sumo wrestling
⭐ 相撲取り [すもうとり] #59,332
sumo wrestler
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KOREAN WORDS (2)