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菩

pú
bound morpheme #14,511

Meanings

  1. 1 used in 菩萨 (Bodhisattva) and 菩提 (Bodhi)

Examples

菩萨保佑你平安。
Púsà bǎoyòu nǐ píng'ān.
May the Bodhisattva bless you with peace.
他在菩提树下悟道了。
Tā zài pútí shù xià wùdào le.
He attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.

Tips

history
菩 is a phonetic transliteration character borrowed from Sanskrit. 菩萨 comes from 'bodhisattva' and 菩提 from 'bodhi' (enlightenment). The character has no independent meaning outside these Buddhist terms.

Stroke Order

菩 pú