圃 (pǔ): garden plot; vegetable garden

Meanings

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

Characters

圃

pǔ

garden plot; nursery

Examples

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.

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 (here phonetic)

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 / (fig.) the homely peace of a country visit: friends share food overlooking plain rural space / (lit.) 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

浮叶植物 fúyè zhíwù

floating-leaf plants / floating-leaved aquatic plants

情节 qíngjié HSK 5 #4,129

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

企图 qǐtú HSK 6 #3,636

to attempt; to try (with negative connotation) / 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 6 #3,445

conspiracy; plot; scheme / to conspire

花园 huāyuán HSK 2 #2,994

garden; park