圃 (pǔ) · garden plot; vegetable garden

Meanings

1 garden plot; vegetable garden
2 nursery (for plants)

Characters

圃

pǔ

garden plot; nursery

Examples

HSK 7-9

爷爷在屋后的菜圃里种了各种蔬菜。

Yéye zài wūhòu de càipǔ lǐ zhòng le gèzhǒng shūcài.

Grandpa grows all kinds of vegetables in the garden plot out back.

HSK 7-9

苗圃里的树苗长得绿油油的。

Miáopǔ lǐ de shùmiáo zhǎng de lǜyóuyóu de.

The seedlings in the nursery are coming up green and healthy.

Tips

usage

圃 is a plot of ground for growing plants. Common compounds are 菜圃 (vegetable garden), 花圃 (flower bed) and 苗圃 (plant nursery).

Components

radical

囗 wéi

enclosure

The enclosure radical 囗 wraps the character: its top and left are drawn first and the closing bottom stroke comes last, after the inside. It marks 圃 as a bounded patch of ground.

phonetic

甫 fǔ

just; barely

Inside the enclosure sits 甫, the phonetic element; the sound has shifted from fǔ to pǔ, a close related reading.

Stroke Order

圃 pǔ

Related Words

开轩面场圃 kāi xuān miàn chǎng pǔ

we open the window facing the threshing floor and garden / the homely peace of a country visit: friends share food overlooking plain rural space / open window face threshing-ground vegetable-plot

苗圃 miáopǔ #41,573

plant nursery / seedbed / seedling garden

花圃 huāpǔ #36,242

flowerbed / flower garden / parterre

情节 qíngjié HSK 6 #4,129

plot; storyline / circumstances; details (of an incident)

企图 qǐtú HSK 7-9 #3,636

to attempt; to try / an attempt; a plot; a scheme

策划 cèhuà HSK 6 #3,490

to plan; to plot; to scheme / planning; masterminding

棵 kē HSK 4 #3,459

measure word for trees, plants, and cabbages

阴谋 yīnmóu HSK 7-9 #3,445

conspiracy; plot; scheme / to conspire

花园 huāyuán HSK 3 #2,994

garden; park

炸 zhá HSK 5 #1,619

to deep-fry / to blanch (a vegetable in boiling water)