to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over

Radical: 扌 HSK 6 v, o pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

扑 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 扑

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 扑.

反扑
fǎn pū
扑倒
pū dǎo
扑克
pū kè
扑扇
pū shan
扑打
pū dǎ
扑救
pū jiù
扑朔
pū shuò
扑杀
pū shā
扑棱
pū lēng
扑棱
pū leng
扑满
pū mǎn
扑灭
pū miè

Related characters (radical 扌)

Characters that share the radical .

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