Usage of the character 蒲
pú
蒲
[蒲]
- refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis
- common cattail
- bullrush
Pú
蒲
[蒲]
- surname Pu
- old place name
púbàng
蒲棒
[蒲棒]
- spike or male flower of cattail (Typha orientalis)
púbāo
蒲包
[蒲包]
- cattail bag
- (old) gift of fruit or pastries (traditionally presented in a cattail bag)
púshàn
蒲扇
[蒲扇]
- palm-leaf fan
- cattail-leaf fan
Pújù
蒲剧
[蒲劇]
- Puzhou opera of Shanxi Province
púmóu
蒲鉾
[蒲鉾]
- kamaboko (fish paste made from surimi)
púxié
蒲鞋
[蒲鞋]
- straw sandals
Púxiàn
蒲县
[蒲縣]
- Pu county in Linfen 臨汾／临汾 ( Línfén), Shanxi
púcài
蒲菜
[蒲菜]
- edible rhizome of cattail 香蒲 (xiāngpú)
xiāngpú
香蒲
[香蒲]
- Typha orientalis
- broadleaf cumbungi
- bulrush
- cattail
Púchéng
蒲城
[蒲城]
- Pucheng County in Weinan 渭南 ( Wèinán), Shaanxi
pútuán
蒲团
[蒲團]
- praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
chāngpú
菖蒲
[菖蒲]
- Acorus calamus
- sweet sedge or sweet flag
Púgān
蒲甘
[蒲甘]
- Bagan (Pagan), ancient capital of Myanmar (Burma)
púkuí
蒲葵
[蒲葵]
- Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
Pújiāng
蒲江
[蒲江]
- Pujiang county in Chengdu 成都 ( Chéngdū), Sichuan
púguā
蒲瓜
[蒲瓜]
- white flowered gourd or calabash (family Crescentia)
Púqí
蒲圻
[蒲圻]
- Puqi, old name for Chibi, county-level city 赤壁市 ( Chìbìshì), Xianning 咸寧市／咸宁市 ( Xiánníngshì), Hubei
Pújiāngxiàn
蒲江县
[蒲江縣]
- Pujiang county in Chengdu 成都 ( Chéngdū), Sichuan
Pú Sōnglíng
蒲松龄
[蒲松齡]
- Pu Songling (1640-1715), author of 聊齋志異／聊斋志异 ( Liáozhāi Zhìyì)
shuǐchāngpú
水菖蒲
[水菖蒲]
- Acorus calamus
- sweet sedge or sweet flag
púgōngyīng
蒲公英
[蒲公英]
- dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum)
Púlóngdì
蒲隆地
[蒲隆地]
- Burundi (Tw)
púcǎoxiāng
蒲草箱
[蒲草箱]
- rush basket
Ròu Pútuán
肉蒲团
[肉蒲團]
- The Carnal Prayer Mat, Chinese erotic novel from 17th century, usually attributed to Li Yu 李漁／李渔 ( Lǐ Yǔ)
yángpútáo
洋蒲桃
[洋蒲桃]
- love apple
- wax apple
- Syzygium samarangense (botany)
Púqíshì
蒲圻市
[蒲圻市]
- Puqi, old name for Chibi, county-level city 赤壁市 ( Chìbìshì), Xianning 咸寧市／咸宁市 ( Xiánníngshì), Hubei
púshì'ěr
蒲式耳
[蒲式耳]
- bushel (eight gallons)
Púchéng Xiàn
蒲城县
[蒲城縣]
- Pucheng County in Weinan 渭南 ( Wèinán), Shaanxi
Púfúfēngjí
蒲福风级
[蒲福風級]
- Beaufort scale for wind speed
shuǐpúwěiyīng
水蒲苇莺
[水蒲葦鶯]
- (bird species of China) sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Púgān Wángcháo
蒲甘王朝
[蒲甘王朝]
- Bagan (Pagan) Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma), 1044-1287