The pronunciation of Pu: pú.

1. Strokes, radicals, and explanations

1. Strokes: horizontal, vertical, vertical, dot, dot, lift, horizontal, vertical, horizontal fold hook, horizontal, horizontal , vertical, point.

2. Radical: Fuck.

3. Interpretation: This character first appeared in the Warring States Period. The original meaning is cattail, but also refers to plants such as "willow" and "corus". "Pu" can also refer to an ancient gambling game similar to modern dice.

2. Etymological evolution

"Pu" is a pictophonetic character with an upper and lower structure. The seal script comes from 艹, Pu sound. The "艹" above expresses the meaning, indicating that "Pu" is a kind of character. Herbs, the "pu" below indicates the sound, referring to the waterside, and after the official reform, it was written as "pu" in regular script.

The original meaning of "Pu" is cattail, also called cattail. It is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows in diving or ponds and can be used to make mats. Xu Shen also mentioned it in "Shuowen Jiezi" Pu can be used as a mat.

"Pu" can also refer to plants such as "Pu Liu" and "Calamus". "Puliu" is also called "water poplar". It is weak in nature and its leaves fall early. They usually wither in autumn. Therefore, it is often used to describe the frail body, premature aging or low status. The idiom "Pose of Puliu" is A polite way of saying that someone is weak.

In the Jiangnan Basin, residents have the custom of cutting calamus and hanging it on doors and windows every Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil spirits. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is called "Pu Festival" and the fifth month of the lunar calendar is called "May".

Sentences about the word Pu

1. Cattail bag, cattail mat, cattail leaf fan, cattail leaf, and cattail bag are all common items for daily use, especially the latter, which has become a symbol of meditation for monks. And the need to kneel down is almost a hallmark of Buddhism.

2. Before dinner, he led his people to collect a large handful of cattail sticks and lit them with flints to smoke out mosquitoes. In an instant, smoke curled up over the base, and everyone was in the smoke. , eating hard sorghum buns by the river water.

3. Some people like to collect cattails, dried milkweed stem pods and other wild grasses, color them, and then make them into decorations.

4. Aquatic plants such as reeds, cattails, polygonum, vitex thorns, and wild water lilies surround and intersect the island, making every surface of the water a paradise for insects, birds, and fish.

5. Grandma’s big cattail fan exudes an ancient and simple atmosphere. It seems to record the years soaked with sweat. The unchanging chirping of cicadas and the gentle breeze of the big cattail fan make me Fall asleep peacefully with the moonlight and slight coolness on your pillow.