扑

pu̅ = pu + Ø1

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

扑 = 卜 + 扌 : Petra penguin (p-) flaps about outside the space station's entrance (Ø1) in an attempt to throw herself at the bone with feather attached (卜). However, Penelope poodle (-u1 sound) is quicker to the prize and pounces on the bone first using her toy claw (扌). It's hard to imagine why someone would devote one's energies (扑) towards such fruitless activities. Who could forecast (卜) what would happen next?

扑 character breakdown

扑
- 卜
  - 丨
  - 丶
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

bǔ = bu + Ø3

(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose

卜 = 丨 + 丶 : Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff.

Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

bo = b + o5

see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]

Characters with 扑 as component

扑 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 扑

to eradicate / to extinguish

sumo wrestling / also pr. [xiang4 pu1]

(onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop

firefighting / to extinguish a fire and save life and property / to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)

to charge / to pounce on / to swoop down on

to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)

lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils

lit. to rush at thin air / fig. to miss one's aim / to have nothing to show for one's troubles

lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils

powder puff (cosmetics)

red / rosy / flushed

solid / irrefutable / incontrovertible / indisputable / unbreakable

solid; unbreakable / (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable

to fall / to drop / socket (loanword for "plug")

exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)

r

strikes you in the face

to punish by flogging

to fall flat on one's face / (martial arts) pouncing and falling (i.e. all kinds of moves)

to wink / to blink

(of an animal) to pounce (on its prey) / (of extreme weather conditions) to hit (a city, province etc)

Sentences with 扑

扑 currently does not appear in any sentence.