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堡
pù
1. variant of [[鋪|铺<pù>]]
2. used in place names
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

堡
bǎo
fort, fortress; town, village
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (3)

河西堡
Héxīpù
Hexipu town in Yongchang county [[永昌縣|永昌县<Yǒngchāngxiàn>]], Jinchang [[金昌<Jīnchāng>]], Gansu
河西堡镇
Héxīpǔzhèn
Hexipu town in Yongchang county [[永昌縣|永昌县<Yǒngchāngxiàn>]], Jinchang [[金昌<Jīnchāng>]], Gansu
普雷斯堡
Pǔléisībǎo
Pressburg (Slovakia)

Alternate Entries

堡
bǎo
an earthwork / castle / position of defense / stronghold / used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,520
Word Frequency Rank
1,494 of 84,292