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pú
verb #67,221

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 匍匐) to crawl; to creep

Examples

战士们在敌人的炮火下匍匐前进。
Zhànshì men zài dírén de pàohuǒ xià púfú qiánjìn.
The soldiers crawled forward under enemy fire.
藤蔓匍匐在地上，四处蔓延。
Téngwàn púfú zài dìshang, sìchù mànyán.
The vines crept along the ground and spread everywhere.

Tips

usage
Bound; it appears only in 匍匐 ("to crawl"), used for soldiers low-crawling, plants creeping along the ground, or grovelling submissively.

Components

radical
勹 bāo
to wrap; embrace (radical)
The wrap radical, a bending body curving over the top and right. The hunched, folded posture pictures someone crouched low to crawl, the same family as its partner 匐.
phonetic
甫 fǔ
just now; phonetic
Sits inside the wrap and supplies the sound; fǔ shifts to pú. The same phonetic gives 葡 (grape) and 蒲.

Stroke Order

匍 pú