簿 meaning and stroke order
Register, notebook, account book
How to write 簿, stroke by stroke
19 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 簿
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- a book
- a register
- account-book
How 簿 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Bamboo.
⺮ gives the meaning and 溥 hints at the sound.
Radical: ⺮ (bamboo), shared by 149 characters on this site.
How to remember 簿
Bamboo ⺮ on top hints at the old bamboo strips people wrote records on, and 溥 (pǔ) below gives the sound. Picture a stack of bamboo slips tied together as a register of names and accounts.
簿 (bù) is almost always used inside compound words for books that record things, such as 账簿 (zhàngbù) account book, 笔记簿 (bǐjìbù) notebook, and 电话簿 (diànhuàbù) phone directory. Example: 我把他的号码写在电话簿里。(Wǒ bǎ tā de hàomǎ xiě zài diànhuàbù lǐ.) I wrote his number in the phone book.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 簿 (bù) with 薄 (báo or bó, thin). The two look almost the same, but 簿 has the bamboo top ⺮ while 薄 has the grass top 艹.
Common words with 簿
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 电话簿 | diànhuàbù | telephone directory | |
| 帐簿 | zhàngbù | variant of 賬簿|账簿[zhang4 bu4] |
簿 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 簿
How many strokes are in 簿?
簿 is written with 19 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 簿 mean?
簿 (bù) means register, notebook, account book. A common word with it is 电话簿 (diànhuàbù), meaning "telephone directory".
How do you pronounce 簿?
簿 is pronounced bù, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 簿?
The radical of 簿 is ⺮, which carries the idea of "bamboo". Dictionaries list 簿 under this radical.
Is 簿 (bù) the same as 本 (běn) for notebook?
Both can mean notebook, but 本 (běn) as in 本子 (běnzi) is the everyday spoken word. 簿 (bù) sounds more formal and appears in set compounds like 账簿 (zhàngbù) and 名簿 (míngbù).
Why is 簿 pronounced bù when 溥 is pǔ?
The component 溥 (pǔ) only gives an approximate sound hint. Over time the pronunciations drifted, so 簿 is read with the fourth tone bù, not pǔ.