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潑
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泼
🇨🇳

splash

HSK 10
Nature →Elements →Water
pō
ハツ
も.る、とびち.る、そそ.ぐ
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 發 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (潑)
氵 water (drops)+ 發 send out =
潑 splash
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
發 Phonetic component
send out
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Simplified (泼)
氵 water (drops)+ 发 emit =
泼 splash
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
发 Phonetic component
fā emit
issue, dispatch, send out
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Chinese
泼 / 潑 [pō]
to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (23)
活泼 [huó​po] #8,443
lively
泼妇 [pō​fù] #12,858
shrew
泼辣 [pō​la] #29,737
shrewish
泼冷水 [pō​lěng​shuǐ] #24,617
lit. to pour cold water on
撒泼 [sā​pō] #33,454
to make an unreasonable scene
瓢泼大雨 [piáo​pō​dà​yǔ] #35,273
downpour (idiom)
泼水节 [Pō​shuǐ​jié] #66,780
Songkran (Thai New Year)
瓢泼 [piáo​pō] #52,141
(of rain) pouring
泼妇骂街 [pō​fù​mà​jiē] #55,801
shouting abuse in the street like a fishwife
耍泼 [shuǎ​pō] #59,709
(dialect) to make an unreasonable scene
13 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
⭐ 活発 [かっぱつ] #7,735
lively
溌剌 [はつらつ] #37,212
lively