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■ radical

pǔ

widespread

How it’s built

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 並 represents the sound.

日
meaning

sun; day

並
sound

also; furthermore; simultaneously, join — The pronunciation of 普 was similar to 並 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes.

Appears in

Characters that use 普 as a component, most common first.

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