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thicket

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Grasses
pú
Depicts two hands (廾) holding a chisel-shaped weapon or tool (丵) to beat against something. Based on the original meaning "beat against", now written as 撲. Similar in origin to 對.
Components
丵 thick+ 廾 two hands =
菐 thicket
丵 Iconic component
zhuó thick
thick (grass)
Depicts a chisel-shaped weapon or tool.
廾 Iconic component
gǒng two hands
Depicts a two hands.
Notes
Similar Characters
凿 bore (simp)對 that's right (trad)業 profession (trad/jp)鑿 bore a hole (trad)叢 thicket (trad)业 business (simp)丞 aid共 together兵 troops具 tool典 canon塞 stronghold奐 be numerous (trad)奥 obscure (simp)奧 of great depth (trad)开 initiate (simp)弁 differentiate (jp)弃 reject (simp)弄 play with承 undertake
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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 Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
菐
Regular
Modern
Chinese
菐 [pú]
thicket; tedious
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