浦

shore

浦 is composed of the BuShou of 水(water) and 甫(just). 甫 depicts an offspring growing in a field, river bank has so much water, the land next to it is fertile and always be seen as good farmland, so 浦 is used to mean river bank or shore.

Vocabulary of 浦

  • 蓮浦 (lotus pond)
  • 浦東 (a place in Shanghai)

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