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pú
verb #67,221

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 匍匐) to crawl; to creep

Examples

HSK 7-9
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.
HSK 7-9
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