葡 meaning and stroke order
Grapes; Portugal, Portuguese
How to write 葡, stroke by stroke
12 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 葡
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- used in 葡萄[pu2 tao5]
How 葡 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Plant.
艹 gives the meaning and 匍 hints at the sound.
Radical: 艹 (grass), shared by 421 characters on this site.
How to remember 葡
葡 is a pictophonetic character: the grass radical 艹 on top marks it as a plant, and 匍 (pú, to crawl) below gives the sound. Picture a grapevine crawling along the ground under its leaves.
葡 almost never appears alone. It lives inside 葡萄 (pútao, grape) and its compounds, and it also serves as a short form for Portugal in words like 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá). Example: 我喜欢喝葡萄酒。(Wǒ xǐhuan hē pútaojiǔ.) I like drinking wine.
Common mistake: Learners often write the bottom part as 甫 without the enclosing 勹, but the phonetic is 匍, so the 勹 wrap must stay. Also note that 萄 in 葡萄 is usually read in the neutral tone, pútao, not pútáo.
Common words with 葡
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
葡 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 葡
How many strokes are in 葡?
葡 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 葡 mean?
葡 (pú) means grapes; Portugal, Portuguese. A common word with it is 葡萄酒 (pútaojiǔ), meaning "(grape) wine".
How do you pronounce 葡?
葡 is pronounced pú, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 葡?
The radical of 葡 is 艹, which carries the idea of "grass". Dictionaries list 葡 under this radical.
Is 葡 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 葡 is part of the HSK 5 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
How do you say Portugal and Portuguese in Chinese?
Portugal is 葡萄牙 (Pútáoyá), and Portuguese is 葡萄牙语 (Pútáoyáyǔ) for the language or 葡萄牙人 (Pútáoyárén) for the people. In news headlines 葡 alone can stand for Portugal, as in 中葡关系 (Zhōng Pú guānxì), China Portugal relations.
Does 葡萄酒 mean any wine or only grape wine?
葡萄酒 specifically means wine made from grapes, so red wine is 红葡萄酒 (hóng pútaojiǔ) and white wine is 白葡萄酒 (bái pútaojiǔ). The general word 酒 (jiǔ) covers all alcoholic drinks, including beer and baijiu.