Chinese Character 扑 Meanings and components.

Form

扑

Meaning

扑 meaning^[3] in English

To Throw Oneself At.

To Pounce On.

To Devote One's Energies.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 扑 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'hand' radical in … (扌) , and surname Bu (卜)

Its radical^[1] is: 手 (shou3) which means: Hand, (Formal) To Hold, Person Engaged In Certain Types Of Work, Person Skilled In Certain Types Of Work, Personal(Ly), Convenient, Classifier For Skill, Cl:雙|双[Shuang1],隻|只[Zhi1], .手shou3hand

In cangjie it is written with QY

How to write 扑

To write扑pu1to throw … you should write a combination of 扌shou5'hand' radical … , 卜bo5surname Bu arranged in a 吅 shape:

扌 + 卜 = 扑

扑 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 扑 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 扑, looks as follow:

扑

Pinyin:pu1 Shape:吅

Meaning^[3]: To Throw Oneself At . To Pounce On . To Devote One'S Energies . To Flap . To Flutter . To Dab . To Pat . To Bend Over

扌

Pinyin:shou5

Meaning^[3]: 'Hand' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 64), Occurring In 提, 把, 打 Etc

卜

Pinyin:bo5

Meaning^[3]: Surname Bu

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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