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埔

bù / pǔ
noun #46,616

Meanings

  1. 1 used in place names (e.g. 大埔)

Examples

大埔是香港新界的一个区。
Dàbù shì Xiānggǎng Xīnjiè de yí gè qū.
Tai Po is a district in the New Territories of Hong Kong.
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.

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 (phonetic)
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