Definitions

(adjective) extensive; pervading

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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About

The character 溥, in its traditional form which remains unchanged, is composed of the water radical (氵) on the left and the component 尃 on the right, a structure that points directly to its original meaning. The component 尃, which conveys notions of spreading or extending, combined with the water radical, originally depicted the concept of widespread water or expansive moisture. This concrete meaning broadened to carry the abstract sense of "extensive" or "universal". Over time, while this general meaning persisted in literary use, the character became most widely recognized in modern contexts as a given name, most notably that of the last Qing emperor, Puyi (溥儀).

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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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我的同学叫刘

Wǒ de tóngxué jiào Liú Pǔ.

My classmate is called Liu Pu.

仪是末代皇帝。

Pǔyí shì mòdài huángdì.

Puyi was the last emperor.

教授来自北京。

Zhāng Pǔ jiàoshòu láizì Běijīng.

Professor Zhang Pu is from Beijing.

我们看了关于仪的电影。

Wǒmen kàn le guānyú Pǔyí de diànyǐng.

We watched a movie about Puyi.

儒的书法作品很受欢迎。

Pǔ Rú de shūfǎ zuòpǐn hěn shòu huānyíng.

Pu Ru's calligraphy works are very popular.

写了一本关于历史的书。

Lǐ Pǔ xiě le yī běn guānyú lìshǐ de shū.

Li Pu wrote a book about history.

在博物馆里,我们看到了仪的用品。

Zài bówùguǎn lǐ, wǒmen kàn dào le Pǔyí de yòngpǐn.

In the museum, we saw Puyi's personal items.

通过阅读仪的自传,我深刻理解了那段历史。

Tōngguò yuèdú Pǔyí de zìzhuàn, wǒ shēnkè lǐjiě le nà duàn lìshǐ.

By reading Puyi's autobiography, I deeply understood that period of history.