菩 pú herb
herb; aromatic plant
How to remember 菩: 艹 grass + 咅 spit = herb. The little boy has to spit out the leaf from the grass that Grandpa praised as a healthy herb.
Component breakdown
菩 = 艹 grass + 咅 spit
- 艹 grass
- 咅 spit
The little boy has to spit out the leaf from the grass that Grandpa praised as a healthy herb.
How it is used
- A pure transliteration character (from Sanskrit bodhi) with no standalone meaning - it lives almost entirely in 菩萨 (púsà, bodhisattva).
- Also 菩提 (pútí, bodhi/enlightenment), as in 菩提树 (pútíshù) the Bodhi tree. Never used alone.