璞

pú
noun #60,462

Meanings

  1. 1 uncarved jade
  2. 2 jade still in the rough

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhège niánqīngrén shì kuài dài diāo de púyù.
This young man is a piece of rough jade waiting to be polished.
HSK 7-9
他为人璞玉浑金。
Tā wéirén púyùhúnjīn.
His character is pure and unadorned, like uncut jade and unrefined gold.

Tips

memory
Picture a lump of stone with jade hidden inside: that is 璞. 璞玉 - 'rough jade' - is a common metaphor for raw talent not yet refined.

Components

radical
王 yù
jade
Left side is the jade radical, written like 王 but standing for 玉 (jade) when used on the left of a character. It marks this as jade still inside its stone.
phonetic
菐 pú
(here) sound
Right side supplies the sound pú; the same phonetic appears in 朴 and 仆, a family clustered around plain, unworked things.

Stroke Order

璞 pú