濮 (pú): name of an ancient river (the P…

Meanings

庄子在濮水边钓鱼时，君王的使者来了。

Zhuāngzǐ zài pú shuǐ biān diàoyú shí, jūnwáng de shǐzhě lái le.

Zhuangzi was fishing on the Pu River when the king's envoys came.

濮先生是一位有名的老演员。

Pú xiānsheng shì yí wèi yǒumíng de lǎo yǎnyuán.

Mr. Pu is a well-known senior actor.

culture

濮 names the ancient 濮水, remembered as the spot where Zhuangzi declined a ministerial post. It is also used today as a surname, read the same way.

radical

氵 shuǐ

water

氵 is the water radical 水 in three-drop form, fitting 濮 as the name of a river.

phonetic

僕 pú

servant

The right side is the full form 僕 (simplified 仆), supplying the exact sound pú. It carries no meaning in 濮.

濮 pú