瀑

pù
#3,189 most
frequent character
waterfall

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

瀑 has 氵 water as its meaning part and 暴 bào as its sound part. It first meant torrential rain, and from there came waterfall and shower.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

瀑bào
shower (rain)

Homophones

铺pù
plank bed, place to sleep, shop

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