撲 = 扌 + 菐

撲 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “pound”. It is built from 扌 (hand) and 菐 (a thicket).

Keyword: pound
Pinyin (Mandarin): pū
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: pound, beat, strike, бит, удар, фунт, beat, strike
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 撲 slap

Decomposition

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扌 hand
菐 a thicket

How to find 撲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “hand” + “a thicket”. 撲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 撲 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.