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埔

bù / pǔ
noun #46,616

Meanings

  1. 1 used in place names (e.g. 大埔)

Examples

HSK 6
广东东部的大埔县以客家文化闻名。
Guǎngdōng dōngbù de Dàbùxiàn yǐ Kèjiā wénhuà wénmíng.
Tai Po County in eastern Guangdong is famous for its Hakka culture.
HSK 7-9
大埔是香港新界的一个区。
Dàbù shì Xiānggǎng Xīnjiè de yī gè qū.
Tai Po is a district in the New Territories of Hong Kong.

Tips

usage
The bù reading appears only in the place name 大埔 (Dàbù), used both for a county in eastern Guangdong and for a district of Hong Kong. Locals firmly read it bù, not pǔ.

Components

radical
土 tǔ
earth; soil
The earth radical 土 on the left is typical of characters for land and place names, which is this character's only real use.
phonetic
甫 fǔ
just; barely
甫 serves as the sound element. Its reading underlies both pǔ and bù; the same phonetic appears in 捕 and 铺.

Stroke Order

埔 bù