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朴
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HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Trees
pǔ
ボク、ハク、ホク
こはだ、きじ
복, 박
Components
Traditional (樸)
木 tree+ 菐 thicket =
樸 plain
木 Meaning component
mù tree
tree
菐 Phonetic component
pú thicket
a thicket
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Simplified (朴)
木 tree+ 卜 divination =
朴 surname Piao
木 Meaning component
mù tree
卜 Phonetic component
bo divination
see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luó​bo]
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
樸
Regular
Modern
Chinese
朴 / 樸 [pǔ]
plain and simple; Taiwan pr. [pú]
Japanese
木肌 、 木皮 (rare) 、 樸 (rare) 、 木膚 (rare) きはだ 、 こはだ 同音
noun bark (of a tree)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
樸 しらき
Shiraki given name
樸 ぼく
Boku unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (20)
朴素 [pǔ​sù] #20,429
plain and simple
朴实 [pǔ​shí] #24,040
plain
质朴 [zhì​pǔ] #35,533
simple
古朴 [gǔ​pǔ] #44,789
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
淳朴 [chún​pǔ] #33,591
simple and honest
纯朴 [chún​pǔ] #36,005
variant of 淳樸|淳朴[chún​pǔ]
简朴 [jiǎn​pǔ] #27,427
simple and unadorned
艰苦朴素 [jiān​kǔ​pǔ​sù] #33,848
leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom)
勤俭朴实 [qín​jiǎn​pǔ​shí]
hardworking, thrifty, plain, and honest (idiom)
勤俭朴素 [qín​jiǎn​pǔ​sù]
hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (6)
⭐ 素朴 [そぼく] #7,679
simple
木肌 [きはだ] #60,440
bark (of a tree)
椋木 [むくのき] #72,010
Aphananthe oriental elm (Aphananthe aspera)
質朴 [しつぼく] #74,748
simple (and honest)
朴直 [ぼくちょく] #168,786
simplicity
敦朴 [とんぼく] #269,413
honest and homely