Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
溥
Kangxi Strokes: 14
Page 640, Entry 12
Pronounced pu.
Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Characters and Analysis of Compound Characters): Great.
Zengyun (Additional Rhymes): To spread everywhere.
Book of Odes (Shijing): I received the command and it was great.
Also commonly written as pu.
Book of Odes (Shijing): Under the vast heaven.
Mencius (Mengzi): Quotes the Book of Odes using the character pu.
Also pronounced fu. Same as the character fu. To distribute.
Book of Rites (Liji): Spread it out and it covers the four seas.
Also the same as fu.
Book of Documents (Shangshu): Yu distributed the soil.
Xunzi (Chengxiang Pian): Written as Yu distributed the soil.
Also pronounced bu. To apply or plaster.
Also pronounced bo. Name of a river.
Also pronounced po. Pumo, the appearance of water.
Yunhui (Compilation of Rhymes): Mr. Mao says: Composed of the character pu and the character cun. The common form tuan is incorrect.