埔 meaning and stroke order
Arena; market; plain; port
How to write 埔, stroke by stroke
10 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 埔
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- used in place names
- used in place names
How 埔 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Earth.
土 gives the meaning and 甫 hints at the sound.
Radical: 土 (soil), shared by 183 characters on this site.
How to remember 埔
埔 combines 土 (tǔ, earth) with 甫 (fǔ), which gives the sound. Picture a flat stretch of earth 土 by the water where people set up a market, and 甫 tells you it sounds like pu or bu.
埔 appears almost only in place names, especially in southern China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It is read bù in names like 大埔 (Dàbù) in Guangdong, and pǔ in names like 黄埔 (Huángpǔ) in Guangzhou. Example: 他在黄埔读书。(Tā zài Huángpǔ dúshū.) He studies in Huangpu.
Common mistake: Learners often mix up 埔 with 浦 (pǔ, riverbank), as in 浦东 (Pǔdōng) in Shanghai. Guangzhou's 黄埔 uses the earth radical 土, while Shanghai's 黄浦江 uses the water radical 氵.
Questions about 埔
How many strokes are in 埔?
埔 is written with 10 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 埔 mean?
埔 (bù) means arena; market; plain; port.
How do you pronounce 埔?
埔 is pronounced bù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 埔?
The radical of 埔 is 土, which carries the idea of "soil". Dictionaries list 埔 under this radical.
How do I know whether to read 埔 as bù or pǔ?
It depends on the specific place name, so you have to learn each one. 黄埔 (Huángpǔ) uses pǔ, while 大埔 (Dàbù) in Guangdong uses bù. Note that Hong Kong's 大埔 is usually romanized Tai Po and often read Dàpǔ in Mandarin.
Can 埔 be used as an ordinary word in a sentence?
Not really in modern Mandarin. It does not stand alone as a common word and mostly shows up inside place names. The senses of plain, market or port come from its regional use in those names.