蒲
púPú

type of rush

蒲 pú frequency
cattail noun
common cattail or bullrush (Typha orientalis), an aquatic plant often used for weaving mats and fans

他坐在一个用蒲草编织的蒲团上。

tā zuò zài yī gè yòng pú cǎo biān​zhī de pú​tuán shàng.

He sat on a cushion woven from cattails.

sweet flag noun
the sweet flag plant (Acorus calamus), used in traditional herbal medicine and rituals

端午节时，民间有在门口悬挂菖蒲的习俗。

Duān​wǔ​jié shí, mín​jiān yǒu zài mén​kǒu xuán​guà chāng​pú de xí​sú.

During the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a folk custom of hanging calamus at the doorway.

蒲 Pú
place name place name
an ancient Chinese place name

晋文公在流亡期间曾居住在蒲。

Jìn Wén​gōng zài liú​wáng qī​jiān céng jū​zhù zài Pú.

Duke Wen of Jin once lived in Pu during his exile.

surname proper name
the Chinese surname Pu

蒲松龄是清代著名的文学家。

Pú Sōng​líng shì Qīng​dài zhù​míng de wén​xué​jiā.

Pu Songling was a famous writer of the Qing Dynasty.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,344th most common 23.7 per million
Movie subtitles
3,365th most common 1.84 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
0.630 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
6.06 per million

Details
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+84B2

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