Keyword
to throw oneself at
- to attack
- to beat
- to hit
- to strike
- Frequency
- #1987
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
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Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 卜 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
扑
to throw oneself at; to pounce on; to devote one's energies; to flap; to flutter; to dab; to pat; to bend over
扑克
poker (game) (loanword); playing cards
扑灭
to eradicate; to extinguish
扑克牌
poker (card game); playing card
相扑
sumo wrestling; also pr. xiàngpū
反扑
to counterattack; to come back after a defeat; to retrieve lost ground
拓扑
(math.) (loanword) topology
扑救
firefighting; to extinguish a fire and save life and property; to dive (of goalkeeper in soccer)
扑杀
to kill; to cull
拓扑学
(math.) topology
扑通
(onom.) sound of object falling into water; plop
扑面而来
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
扑朔迷离
impossible to unravel; confusing
扑腾
(onom.) thud; flutter; flop
扑倒
to fall down
扑鼻
to assail the nostrils (of fragrance and odors)
扑面
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
颠扑不破
solid; unbreakable; (fig.) irrefutable; incontrovertible; indisputable
猛扑
to charge; to pounce on; to swoop down on
扑满
piggy bank
飞蛾扑火
the moth flies into the flame; fatal attraction
扑空
lit. to rush at thin air; fig. to miss one's aim; to have nothing to show for one's troubles
扑街
(slang) (originally Cantonese) to flop; to bomb
打扑克
to play cards; to play poker