鋪
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pù · shop, store

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Learn every stroke in 鋪

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Character anatomy

Understand the reusable parts

The decomposition shows how the visual pieces fit together, not necessarily the character’s historical origin.

Writing notes

Shape and proportion

15Total strokes

Count each continuous pen movement once, including turns and hooks.

Left-rightCharacter structure

Keep the left side compact and leave enough room for the right side.

釒Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 鋪

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Example sentences

Notice where 鋪 sits in each complete thought.

Tā zài tā de chuáng shàng pū le chuáng dān.她在她的床上鋪了床單。

She put a bedsheet on her bed.

Source: Tatoeba #861346 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bǎ qián jìng de chuáng dān pū zài chuáng shàng.她把乾淨的床單鋪在床上。

She spread the clean bedsheet on the bed.

Source: Tatoeba #891767 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè tiáo jiē pū shàng le bǎi yóu.這條街鋪上了柏油。

The street is paved with asphalt.

Source: Tatoeba #872208 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hǎi shuǐ lán lán de, yuǎn yuǎn kàn qù xiàng yí dà piàn sī chóu pū kāi.海水藍藍的,遠遠看去像一大片絲綢鋪開。

The sea is deep blue, and from afar it looks like a vast sheet of silk spread out.

Source: Tatoeba #13533880 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè tàng huǒ jū yǒu wò pū jū má?這趟火車有臥鋪車嗎?

Does this train have a sleeping car?

Source: Tatoeba #12785082 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Gāng cóng tiān shàng jiàng xià lái de xuě, pū mǎn le zhěng gè shān tóu, kàn qǐ lái měi lí jí le.剛從天上降下來的雪,鋪滿了整個山頭,看起來美麗極了。

The fresh snow looks beautiful on the hill.

Source: Tatoeba #391590 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Turn reference into recall

How to study 鋪 in context

  1. Say pù, then recall the core meaning: shop, store.
  2. Write all 15 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 鋪 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.