譜
pǔ HSK7

register

谱 (譜) pǔ
spectrum noun
the distribution of a characteristic, such as light or sound, especially in physics

通过分析恒星光的谱，天文学家能够确定该星体中包含的化学元素。

tōng​guò fēn​xī héng​xīng guāng de pǔ, tiān​wén​xué​jiā néng​gòu què​dìng gāi xīng​tǐ zhōng bāo​hán de huà​xué yuán​sù.

By analyzing the spectrum of starlight, astronomers can determine the chemical elements contained within the star.

register noun
a chart, list, table, or record such as a genealogy

修谱在很多古老的家族中，是一项传承历史的重要活动。

xiū pǔ zài hěn​duō gǔ​lǎo de jiā​zú zhōng, shì yī xiàng chuán​chéng lì​shǐ de zhòng​yào huó​dòng.

Compiling genealogies is an important activity for passing down history in many old families.

score noun
musical notation or sheet music

他非常有音乐天赋，只要看一眼谱就能把旋律完整地弹出来。

tā fēi​cháng yǒu yīn​yuè tiān​fù, zhǐ​yào kàn yī yǎn pǔ jiù néng bǎ xuán​lǜ wán​zhěng de tán chu​lai.

He is very musically talented; he can play the entire melody just by glancing at the sheet music.

set to music verb
to compose music for a set of lyrics or a poem

他打算将这首赞美家乡的诗，重新谱成一首优美的民谣。

tā dǎ​suàn jiāng zhè shǒu zàn​měi jiā​xiāng de shī, chóng​xīn pǔ chéng yī shǒu yōu​měi de mín​yáo.

He plans to set this poem praising his hometown to music as a beautiful folk song.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,274th most common 25.9 per million
Movie subtitles
2,011th most common 19.0 per million appears in 10% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
6.14 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
33.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
谱
Strokes
19
Unicode
U+8B5C

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