Definitions

(adjective) extensive; pervading

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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The character 溥 is a phono-semantic compound. Its left-side water radical 氵 roots its core meaning in water and hydrology, while the right-side component 尃 provides both the pronunciation and a conceptual sense of spreading or extending. Originally used to describe the vast, boundless nature of a great body of water, its meaning broadened to refer to anything universal, extensive, or pervasive. In historical contexts, it often describes the widespread reach of imperial benevolence or virtue.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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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.