How to write 蒲

蒲 [pú] 名 1. Perennial herbaceous plant, found in marshes, height nearly two meters. The rhizome grows in the mud and is edible. The leaves are long and pointed, used for weaving mats and making fans; it blooms yellow flowers in summer (also known as "cattail"). 2. Refers to "calamus." 3. Hut made of grass, a circular thatched dwelling. 4. Ancient form of “匍”, meaning to crawl. 5. A surname. 名 1. Perennial herbaceous plant, found in marshes, height nearly two meters. The rhizome grows in the mud and is edible. The leaves are long and pointed, used for weaving mats and making fans; it blooms yellow flowers in summer (also known as "cattail"): ~黄 (cattail pollen). ~棒. ~草. ~绒. ~扇. 2. Refers to "calamus": ~节. ~月 (referring to the fifth month of the lunar calendar). 3. Hut made of grass, a circular thatched dwelling. 4. Ancient form of “匍”, meaning to crawl. 5. A surname. 动 1. To crawl on the ground. 引 1. From "Shuo Wen": 蒲, water grass; can be used to make mats. 2. From "Poetry - Chen Feng - Ze Bi": There are cattails and lotuses. 3. From "Zhou Li - Ze Yu": Involving the matters of rushes and cattails. Note: "Used for matting." 4. From "Zhou Li - Da Zong Bo": A man holding the cattail disc. Note: "Cattail serves as a mat for seating." 例 如: 蒲甸儿 (also written as "蒲垫," a mat woven from cattail leaves); 蒲柳 (metaphor for being lowly); 蒲草毛窝 (a type of round-bottomed deep-sided shoe made from cattail with chicken feathers and reed flowers inside); 蒲鞭示辱 (to use a thin object as a whip for humiliation); 蒲帆 (a sail made from cattail leaves). 名 1. Refers to calamus ([En.] calamus). 2. This is now known as "big catkin willow," also called "蒲杨" or "蒲柳" ([En.] big catkin willow). 引 1. From "Poetry - Wang Feng - Yang Zhi Shui": does not flow with bound cattails. 例 如: 蒲柳 (a plant known as "big catkin willow," which has weak qualities and drops leaves early, so it is used as a metaphor for frailty); 蒲姿 (the appearance of a big catkin willow); 蒲杨 (big catkin willow). 名 1. Hut made of grass ([En.] covering of thatched cottage). 例 如: 蒲屋 (thatched hut); 蒲室 (thatched room); 蒲庵 (grass hut). 名 1. 樗蒲 ([En.] dice). An ancient game similar to later dice games. 例 如: 蒲戏 (the game of dice); 蒲弈 (the game of dice). 名 1. Same as the modern "葡萄" ([En.] grape). 例 如: 蒲萄; 蒲陶; 蒲桃. 名 1. An ancient city name ([En.] Pu prefecture). 2. Land of Wei during the Spring and Autumn period, belonged to Wei in the Warring States period, in present-day Changyuan County, Henan Province. 3. Spring and Autumn period state of Jin, located in what is now northwest Xixian County, Shanxi Province. 4. A surname. 例 如: In Han times, there were 蒲昌 and 蒲遵. 动 1. To crawl on the ground. 引 1. From "Zuo Zhuan - Year 13 of Zhao Gong": Carrying a jug to drink ice while crawling. 例 如: 蒲伏 (to crawl); 蒲服 (to crawl, knee walking); 蒲望 (to crawl).