King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

匍 — Chinese character

匍
pú
to crawl; to lie prostrate

Pinyin
pú
Radical
20 ⼓ (Wrap)
Strokes
9
Components
勹 甫
Formation
pictophonetic — wrap; meaning component 勹; sound component 甫
Japanese
匍 as a kanji

Common words with 匍

WordPinyinMeaning
匍匐pú fúto crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate
匍匐茎 (匍匐莖)pú fú jīng(botany) stolon
匍匐前进 (匍匐前進)pú fú qián jìnto crawl forward
匍伏pú fúvariant of 匍匐 (pú fú)

匍 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 1

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.