菩 — Chinese character
菩
pú
herb, aromatic plant
- Pinyin
- pú
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 艹 咅
- Formation
- pictophonetic — herb; meaning component 艹; sound component 咅
- Japanese
- 菩 as a kanji
Common words with 菩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菩萨 (菩薩) | pú sà | (Buddhism) bodhisattva |
| 菩提 | pú tí | bodhi (Sanskrit); enlightenment (Buddhism) |
| 菩提树 (菩提樹) | pú tí shù | peepul (Ficus religiosa); bodhi tree; sacred fig |
| 活菩萨 (活菩薩) | huó pú sà | a living Buddha; fig. compassionate person |
| 泥菩萨 (泥菩薩) | ní pú sà | clay Bodhisattva |
English words written with 菩
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.