泵浦
bèng​pǔ

pump

泵 bèng pump

To pull water 水 out of stone 石

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
水
水 Meaning component
shuǐ water

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

浦 pǔ bank of river

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 甫 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蒲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphuXpʰˤaʔriver bank
Zhengzhangpʰaːʔ
Unicodepǒ

說文解字

瀕也。从水甫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)