to pounce on; to pat; to throw oneself at

HSK 6 #1509

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1509th character
Radical ⼿ (64.2)
Strokes 5
Index # 199
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

扑 pū
  1. 1. to pounce on
  2. 2. to pat
  3. 3. to throw oneself at
  4. 4. to devote one's energies
  5. 5. to dab
  6. 6. to flap
  7. 7. to flutter
  8. 8. to bend over

Stroke order

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扑 stroke order animation

Words containing 扑

Word Meaning
to play poker; to play cards
topological space (math.)
topological structure
to fall down
to flap; to flutter
to swat; (of wings) to flap
to kill; to cull
piggy bank
paracetamol (loanword)
(onom.) fluttering or flapping of wings
to do sth repeatedly
strikes you in the face
to fall; to drop; socket (loanword for "plug")
to fall flat on one's face
to blink; to wink
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
epsilon (Greek letter Εε)
chip shot (golf)
chipper (golf)
to tumble; to stumble and fall
the moth flies into the flame; fatal attraction
like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)