譜 (pou2 | pu3) : register; manual; music score

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譜

pou2

pu3

[1] [n] register; record; table
[2] [n] manual; guidebook; guide
[3] [n] music/piano score
[3] [v] compose (song); set to music
[4] [n] general idea; sth to count on

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Stroke count: 19

Level: 2

Radical: (#149)

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

譜 / 谱

This word has been viewed 5972 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Mar 2012 10:36

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離譜 lei4 pou2 li2 pu3 = ridiculous; too much

樂譜 ngok6 pou2 yue4 pu3 = music score, songbook

家譜 gaa1 pou2 jia1 pu3 = family tree

波譜 bo1 pou2 bo1 pu3 = spectrum

光譜 gwong1 pou2 guang1 pu3 = spectrum

光譜儀 gwong1 pou2 ji4 guang1 pu3 yi2 = spectrometer; spectrograph

擺譜兒 baai2 pou2 ji4 bai3 pur3 = to keep up appearances; to be ostentatious

人類基因圖譜 jan4 leoi6 gei1 jan1 tou4 pou2 = human genome

食譜 sik6 pou2 shi2 pu3 = recipe

五線譜 ng5 sin3 pou2 wu3 xian4 pu3 = five-line musical staff
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Decimal representation of this word: 譜
Unicode code for this character: U+8b5c (off-site link)

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