仆

pū
#1,810 most
frequent character
to fall forward, to fall prostrate

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

仆 shows a person 亻 and has 卜 bǔ as a sound part. Its first sense, read pú, was 'servant'. Read pū, it grew to mean 'to fall forward, prostrate oneself'.

Drawn as: person

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Same Characters, Different Readings

仆pú
servant

Homophones

HSK 6
扑pū
to assault, to pounce, to rush at sth
HSK 6
铺pū
to spread, to extend, to pave

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