Memory phrase for the character: 朴

朴

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Meaning

plain and simple, unadorned

Pronunciation

pò, pǔ, piào, pō

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: divine 卜 (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination)

Mnemonic
 
(Determining the name of trees is not too difficult) When tree shall be guessed/divined, it is plain and simple.

Radicals

木 tree
卜 oracle, mysticismThis radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.




 Vocabulary

朴素 pǔ sù  plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous
朴实 pǔ shí  plain; simple; guileless; down-to-earth; sincere and honest
 
淳朴 chún pǔ  simple and honest; unsophisticated
 

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