埗

埗 · bù

(same as 埠) a wharf, dock, jetty; a trading center, port; place name (for example, 深水埗 in Hong Kong)

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
bù
Cantonese
bou6
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

(same as 埠) a wharf, dock, jetty; a trading center, port; place name (for example, 深水埗 in Hong Kong)

Dictionary definitions & readings

埗 bù · wharf; dock; jetty; trading center; port; place name

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10443.140:bù Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
029.090:bù Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
プ Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
GYLH Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4112.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0230.121 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+57D7
Radical
土 · 32
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
7
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6942

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

10 strokes
埗
Strokes
10
Convention
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10 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCheungBauerIndex
395.07 396.02
kHanYu
10443.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10443.140
kIRGKangXi
0230.121
kKangXi
0230.121
kCangjie
GYLH
kCheungBauer
032/07;GYLH;bou6
kFourCornerCode
4112.1
kMojiJoho
MJ009076
kPhonetic
1071
kUnihanCore2020
GHM
kIICore
BHM
kIRG_GSource
G5-362A
kIRG_HSource
H-96F5
kIRG_JSource
J4-2471
kIRG_TSource
TF-2E5C
kRSUnicode
32.7
kTotalStrokes
10
kCCCII
217570
kGB5
2210
kJIS0213
2,04,81
kTGH
2013:6942
kTaiwanTelegraph
9749
kXerox
310:345
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17434+32.3.7
kCantonese
bou6
kDefinition
(same as 埠) a wharf, dock, jetty; a trading center, port; place name (for example, 深水埗 in Hong Kong)
kHanyuPinyin
10443.140:bù
kJapanese
プ
kMandarin
bù
kTGHZ2013
029.090:bù

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
2dictionary records using 埗0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
土 beside 步 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan
Source notation ^⿰土步$(GHTJ)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰土步$(GHTJ)

^⿰土歩$(Z)

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