埠 (bù): wharf; pier; landing place

Meanings

1 wharf; pier; landing place
2 a port town; commercial city

Characters

埠

bù

wharf; port town

Examples

HSK 5

他常去外埠出差。

Tā cháng qù wàibù chūchāi.

He often travels to other cities on business.

HSK 7-9

船一靠埠，货物就卸下了。

Chuán yí kào bù, huòwù jiù xiè xià le.

The cargo was unloaded the moment the ship reached the wharf.

Tips

usage

From 'wharf' it widened to mean a port city, then any city: 本埠 ('this city'), 外埠 ('out of town'), 商埠 ('treaty port'). The city sense is now the more common one.

Components

radical

土 tǔ

earth; ground

Left side is the earth radical 土, since a wharf is a built-up bank of earth at the water's edge for mooring boats.

phonetic

阜 fù

mound; sound element

Right side 阜 ('mound') is the sound part; the reading drifted to 埠, while its 'raised ground' meaning also fits a built-up landing.

Stroke Order

埠 bù

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