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埠

bù wharf; port town

11 strokes

埠 (bù) is a Chinese character meaning “wharf”. It is written from 土 (earth; soil) and 阜 (mound; hill), side by side, and takes 11 strokes.

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Structure

土 + 阜

Left–right structure

  • 土 earth; soil · tǔ meaning
  • 阜 mound; hill · fù sound

Structure from: IDS 现代字形拆分 ⿰土阜；与 hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 笔画核验：土 3 笔 + 阜 8 笔 = 11 笔

Memory aid

Earth (土) on the left, a mound (阜) on the right. Both parts are really in this character — picture earth heaped into a raised bank where boats tie up: a wharf.

This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.

Stroke order

11 strokes

In real words

  • 商埠shāng bùtrading port; commercial port (esp. a historical treaty port)埠 = bù
  • 本埠běn bùthis town; this city (local)埠 = bù
  • 蚌埠bèng bùBengbu (city in Anhui province)埠 = bù
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All readings

bù main reading

wharf; port town

wharf; pier; port; a town or city with a port

停船的码头；也指有码头的城镇、商埠。 — studyhanzi 编写

Words with this reading

  • 商埠shāng bùtrading port; commercial port (esp. a historical treaty port)埠 = bù
  • 本埠běn bùthis town; this city (local)埠 = bù
  • 蚌埠bèng bùBengbu (city in Anhui province)埠 = bù

Other characters with these parts

土 → 丢先冉压去吐在地

Easy to confuse with

阜堆

Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions

Questions people ask about this character

What does 埠 mean?

埠 (bù) means wharf; pier; port; a town or city with a port.

How do you pronounce 埠?

It is pronounced bù.

What parts is 埠 made of?

土 (earth; soil) and 阜 (mound; hill), side by side. The recorded source is: IDS 现代字形拆分 ⿰土阜；与 hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 笔画核验：土 3 笔 + 阜 8 笔 = 11 笔. Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.

How many strokes does 埠 have?

11. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.

What is the radical of 埠?

土. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.

What words use 埠?

Common ones are 商埠 and 本埠. The reading of 埠 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.