樸 (pok3 buk6 | pu3 pu2 ) : simple, plain, natural

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樸

pok3 buk6

pu3 pu2

(jyutping) pok3, (pinyin) pu3
simple; plain; natural; unrefined

(jyutping) buk6, (pinyin) pu2
tree of the elm family

朴 is also a traditional character.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

樸 / 朴

This word has been viewed 4088 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Mar 2010 04:42

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質樸 zat1 pok3 zhi4 pu3 = simple; plain; straightforward; downright

簡樸 gaan2 pok3 jian3 bu2 = simple and unadorned; plain

樸實 pok3 sat6 pu3 shi2 = simple; plain

樸素 pok3 sou3 pu3 su4 = simple; plain

吞樸 tan1 pok1 = slack; to sneak away 粵

純樸 seon4 pok3 chun2 pu3 = honest and simple

儉樸 gim6 pok3 jian3 pu3 = thrifty and simple; frugal

淳樸 seon4 pok3 chun2 pu3 = honest; simple

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 樸
Unicode code for this character: U+6a38 (off-site link)

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