朴 — Chinese character
朴
pǔ
plain, simple; sincere; surname
- Pinyin
- pǔ
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 木 卜
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 卜
- Traditional
- 樸
- Japanese
- 朴 as a kanji
Common words with 朴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朴素 (樸素) | pǔ sù | plain and simple; unadorned |
| 朴实 (樸實) | pǔ shí | plain; simple |
| 简朴 (簡樸) | jiǎn pǔ | (of lifestyle, clothing, writing etc) simple; plain |
| 质朴 (質樸) | zhì pǔ | simple; plain |
| 淳朴 (淳樸) | chún pǔ | simple and honest; unsophisticated |
| 古朴 (古樸) | gǔ pǔ | simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) |
| 纯朴 (純樸) | chún pǔ | variant of 淳朴 (chún pǔ) |
| 素朴 (素樸) | sù pǔ | simple; unadorned |
| 俭朴 (儉樸) | jiǎn pǔ | thrifty and simple |
| 厚朴 | hòu pò | magnolia bark (bark of Magnolia officinalis) |
| 朴实无华 (樸實無華) | pǔ shí wú huá | (idiom) simple; plain; unadorned |
| 艰苦朴素 (艱苦樸素) | jiān kǔ pǔ sù | leading a plain, hardworking life (idiom) |
English words written with 朴
朴 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 8
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi Opening Trunks
- Zhuangzi The Universe
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Exercise of Faculties
- Zhuangzi Mountain Trees
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.