佈
bù HSK3

announce, spread

布 bù frequency
variant 佈
to announce verb
(bound form) to declare; to proclaim to the public; to make known
to spread verbnoun
to diffuse; to scatter; to deploy or set up
佈 bù
to scatter
To spread out or scatter across an area; to be ubiquitous. In this sense, it is often used as a variant of 布 bù.
to announce
To declare or announce publicly; used in words like 发布 fā​bù or 公布 gōng​bù. In this sense, it is often used as a variant of 布 bù.
to arrange
To set up, arrange, or deploy; used in words like 布置 bù​zhì or when referring to setting up a defense or array. In this sense, it is often used as a variant of 布 bù.
to serve food
(Taiwan) To serve food to a guest as a sign of respect.

Frequency
Character
Written text
380th most common 587.3 per million
Movie subtitles
383rd most common 389.7 per million appears in 64% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
46.1 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
80.1 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Simplified
布
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+4F48

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)