懂中文 Dong Chinese

菩

pú

herb

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 咅 represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

艹  Meaning component

cao, cǎo

  

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

咅 sound component

咅  Sound component

pǒu

  

to spit out

Evolution

菩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
菩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

菩  

pú

herb, aromatic plant; Bodhisattva

Most common words with 菩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

菩萨

Bodhisattva (Buddhism)

菩

Bodhisattva

菩提

bodhi (Sanskrit)

菩提树

bo fig tree

观世音菩萨

Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara)